Definitions for fixt
fixt
fixt
Spelling: [fikst]
IPA: /fɪkst/
Fixt is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 19 anagrams from letters in fixt (fitx).
Definitions for fixt
noun
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Informal. a position from which it is difficult to escape; predicament.
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Informal. a repair, adjustment, or solution, usually of an immediate nature:
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Navigation.
a charted position of a vessel or aircraft, determined by two or more bearings taken on landmarks, heavenly bod-ies, etc.
the determining of the position of a ship, plane, etc., by mathematical, electronic, or other means:
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a clear determination:
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Slang.
an injection of heroin or other narcotic.
the narcotic or amount of narcotic injected.
a compulsively sought dose or infusion of something:
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Slang.
an underhand or illegal arrangement, especially one secured through bribery or influence.
a contest, situation, etc., whose outcome is prearranged dishonestly.
verb
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a simple past tense and past participle of fix.
Idioms
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fix one's wagon, Informal. to exact retribution for an offense; treat someone vengefully:
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in a fix, Older Slang. pregnant.
Verb phrases
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fix on/upon, to decide on; determine:
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fix up, Informal.
to arrange for:
to provide with; furnish.
to repair; renew.
to smooth over; solve:
verb (used with object)
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to repair; mend.
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to put in order or in good condition; adjust or arrrange:
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to make fast, firm, or stable.
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to place definitely and more or less permanently:
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to settle definitely; determine:
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to direct (the eyes, the attention, etc.) steadily:
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to attract and hold (the eye, the attention, etc.).
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to make set or rigid.
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to put into permanent form.
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to put or place (responsibility, blame, etc.) on a person.
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to assign or refer to a definite place, time, etc.
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to provide or supply with (something needed or wanted):
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Informal. to arrange or influence the outcome or action of, especially privately or dishonestly:
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to get (a meal); prepare (food):
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Informal. to put in a condition or position to make no further trouble.
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Informal. to get even with; get revenge upon:
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Informal. to castrate or spay (an animal, especially a pet).
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Chemistry.
to make stable in consistency or condition; reduce from fluidity or volatility to a more stable state.
to convert atmospheric nitrogen into a useful compound, as a nitrate fertilizer.
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Photography. to render (an image) permanent by removing light-sensitive silver halides.
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Microscopy. to kill, make rigid, and preserve for microscopic study.
verb (used without object)
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to become fixed.
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to become set; assume a rigid or solid form.
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to become stable or permanent.
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to settle down.
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Slang. to inject oneself with a narcotic.
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Chiefly Southern U.S. to prepare; plan (usually followed by an infinitive):
Origin of fixt
1350-1400; 1900-05 for def 29; 1935-40 for def 31; Middle English fixen (v.) Medieval Latin fixāre, derivative of Latin fixus fixed, past participle of fīgere to fasten
Examples for fixt
Willpower, in order to preserve its energy, must be sustained and fixt.
His mallice is fixt, and will not evaporate by any your mild courses.
Mortuum (as the Chymists call the more fixt part) will be Black.
And which of the Officers was it as first fixt my gaze, and held it firmly?
The precise date of this extension of the fortifications can not be fixt.
This day is fixt for bringing the matter on in the house of Commons.
And first of all it is to be enquired, whether they are moveable or fixt?
To the top of the upright stick of the cross is to be fixt a very sharp pointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood.
Love me as thou may'st, Yet thwart me not, for I am fixt to go.
You droop, and tremble, love—Your eyes are fixt too—Yet You are innocent.