fix : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fix	by the DICT Development Group
9 results for fix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fix n informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" Synonym(s): fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate" the act of putting something in working order again Synonym(s): repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers" a determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target" Synonym(s): localization, localisation, location, locating, fix v restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" Synonym(s): repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on Antonym(s): break, bust cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" Synonym(s): fasten, fix, secure Antonym(s): unfasten decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" Synonym(s): specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" Synonym(s): cook, fix, ready, make, prepare take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" Synonym(s): pay back, pay off, get, fix set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!" kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame" Synonym(s): fixate, fix make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized" Synonym(s): sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix influence an event or its outcome by illegal means; "fix a race" put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" Synonym(s): situate, fix, posit, deposit make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" Synonym(s): fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fix \Fix\, v. i. 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. 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. --Bacon. {To fix on}, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fix \Fix\, n. 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. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fettling \Fet"tling\, n. 1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.] [It is commonly called {fix} in the United States.] 2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fix \Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fixed} (f[icr]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fix \Fix\ (f[icr]ks), a. [OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to fix; cf. F. fixe.] Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
fix n.,v. What one does when a problem has been reported too many times to be ignored.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FIX 1. {Federal Information Exchange}. 2. {Financial Information eXchange}. (2001-05-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fix 1. The {fixed point} {combinator}. Called Y in {combinatory logic}. Fix is a {higher-order function} which returns a fixed point of its argument (which is a function). fix :: (a -> a) -> a fix f = f (fix f) Which satisfies the equation fix f = x such that f x = x. Somewhat surprisingly, fix can be defined as the non-recursive {lambda abstraction}: fix = \ h . (\ x . h (x x)) (\ x . h (x x)) Since this involves self-application, it has an {infinite type}. A function defined by f x1 .. xN = E can be expressed as f = fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E) = (\ f . \ x1 ... \xN . E) (fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E)) = let f = (fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E)) in \ x1 ... \xN . E If f does not occur {free} in E (i.e. it is not {recursive}) then this reduces to simply f = \ x1 ... \ xN . E In the case where N = 0 and f is free in E, this defines an infinite data object, e.g. ones = fix (\ ones . 1 : ones) = (\ ones . 1 : ones) (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones)) = 1 : (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones)) = 1 : 1 : ... Fix f is also sometimes written as mu f where mu is the Greek letter or alternatively, if f = \ x . E, written as mu x . E. Compare {quine}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-04-13) 2. {bug fix}. (1998-06-25)