fixing n 1: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation] 2: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing] 3: the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering" [syn: neutering, fixing, altering] 4: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body [syn: fixation, fixing]

fixing noun Date: 1605 1. the act or process of one that fixes 2. plural customary accompaniments ; trimmings <a turkey dinner with all the fixings>

Fix \Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fixed (f[i^]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. Fixing.] [Cf. F. fixer.] 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. 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. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys. 4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light. --Abney. 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. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling. Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine.

Fixing \Fix"ing\ (f[i^]ks"[i^]ng), n. 1. The act or process of making fixed. 2. That which is fixed; a fixture. 3. pl. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. [Colloq. U.S.]

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