fix in WordNet English dictionary

1. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
   "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
   repair  mend  fix  bushel  doctor  furbish up  restore  touch on 
   
2. prepare for eating by applying heat
   "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
   cook  fix  ready  make  prepare 
   
3. decide upon or fix definitely
   "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
   specify  set  determine  define  fix  limit 
   
4. put (something somewhere) firmly
   "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
   situate  fix  posit  deposit 
   
5. make infertile
   "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
   sterilize  sterilise  desex  unsex  desexualize  desexualise  fix 
   
6. cause to be firmly attached
   "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
   fasten  fix  secure 
   
7. make fixed, stable or stationary
   "let's fix the picture to the frame"
   fixate  fix 
   
8. kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
   fix 
   
9. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
   "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
   fix  prepare  set up  ready  gear up  set 
   
10. take vengeance on or get even
    "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
    pay back  pay off  get  fix 
    
11. set or place definitely
    "Let's fix the date for the party!"
    fix 
    
12. influence an event or its outcome by illegal means
    "fix a race"
    fix 
    

1. the act of putting something in working order again
   repair  fix  fixing  fixture  mend  mending  reparation 
   
2. an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear
   "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
   fix 
   
3. a determination of the place where something is
   "he got a good fix on the target"
   localization  localisation  location  locating  fix 
   
4. something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
   "she needed a fix of chocolate"
   fix 
   
5. informal terms for a difficult situation
   "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
   fix  hole  jam  mess  muddle  pickle  kettle of fish