fixing
fixing is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, fixing is hyphenated as:
Definitions offixing
- To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
- To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
Example: "A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board."
- To mend, to repair.
Example: "That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it."
- To prepare (food or drink).
Example: "She fixed dinner for the kids."
- To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion
Example: "A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent."
- To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
Example: "Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him."
- (sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
- To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
Example: "He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work."
- To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
- To convert into a stable or available form.
Example: "Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen."
- To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- 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.
- The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
- (usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)
- See fixings.
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