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Entry 11 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Fix

/(fĭks)/ · IPA /ˈfɪks/
01 a. Fixed; solidified.
  1. 1.
    Fixed; solidified.[Obs.]
02 v. t. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.
imp. & p. p. Fixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fixing
  1. 1.
    To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.
    “An ass's nole I fixed on his head.” — Shak.
    “O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence.” — Herbert.
    “His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.” — Ps. cxii. 7.
    “And fix far deeper in his head their stings.” — Milton.
  2. 2.
    To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
    “Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite.” — Pope.
    “One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.” — Young.
  3. 3.
    To transfix; to pierce.[Obs.]
  4. 4.
    To render (an impression) permanent by treating with a developer to make it insensible to the action of light.(Photog.)
  5. 5.
    To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room.[Colloq. U.S.]
  6. 6.
    To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.(Iron Manuf.)
Syn. To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine.
03 v. i. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
  1. 1.
    To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
    “Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here.” — Waller.
  2. 2.
    To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
Phrases & compounds
To fix on — to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points.
04 n. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.
  1. 1.
    A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.[Colloq.]
    “Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix.” — De Quincey.
  2. 2.
    fettling.(Iron Manuf.) [U.S.]