Fix
91fix — fix1 Adj fest, konstant erw. fach. (15. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. fīxus, dem PPP. von l. fīgere festmachen . Zunächst in der Sprache der Alchimisten zur Bezeichnung des festen Aggregatszustandes von Stoffen, dann Verallgemeinerung.… …
92fix — n an injection of a narcotic. Originally an Americanism, by the 1960s it was in use throughout the English speaking world. The word is now also used meta phorically or ironically to describe any habitual action, such as taking a fix of nicotine,… …
93fix — v 1. fasten, secure, clinch, make fast; attach, connect, couple, link, pin, clasp; rivet, nail, screw, bolt, drive in; cement, solder, weld, fuse; clamp, vise, brace, stay, prop; lock, bar, hasp; gird, buckle, tie, bind, truss, hitch; tether,… …
94fix — 1fix »unbeweglich, fest ‹stehend›; konstant«: Das im 16./17. Jh. aus lat. fixus »angeheftet, befestigt, fest«, dem Part. Perf. von figere »anheften« (zur idg. Sippe von nhd. ↑ Teich), entlehnte Adjektiv war zunächst nur in der Alchemistensprache… …
95fix — fịx <lateinisch, »fest«> (sicher, stetig, fest; umgangssprachlich für gewandt, schnell); fixe Idee (Zwangsvorstellung); fixer (fester) Preis; fixes Gehalt; fixe Kosten; D✓fix angestellt oder fixangestellt (österreichisch für fest… …
96fix — 1. Be revenged on. 2. Adjust, conclude, arrange, etc. Also fix up. 3. to be fixed up To have made arrangements satisfactorily. 4. fix one s face Adjust one s make up (of women). 5. n. Dose (usu. injection of drugs). 6. v. Take drugs (usu.… …
97fix — [15] Fix comes ultimately from Latin fīgere ‘fasten’. Its past participle fīxus made its way into English along two distinct routes, partly via the Old French adjective fix ‘fixed’, and partly via the medieval Latin verb fīxāre. Derived forms in… …
98fix-up — /fiks up /, n. repair; improvement: fix ups that will make the house more salable. [1825 35, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase fix up] …
99fix´ed|ly — fixed «fihkst», adjective. 1. not movable; made firm: »The seats in some modern classrooms are not fixed. SYNONYM(S): stationary. 2. definitely assigned; settled; set: »fixed charges for taxicabs. SYNONYM(S …
100fix up — {v. phr.} 1. To repair. * /The school is having the old gym fixed up./ 2. To arrange. * /I think I can fix it up with the company so that John gets the transfer he desires. /3. To arrange a date that might lead to a romance or even to marriage. * …
