fixing

Speech parts

1. fixing - Noun

2. fixing - Verb

Meaning

of Fix

The act or process of making fixed.

That which is fixed; a fixture.

Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fastening mending repair fix altering arranging fixation fixture reparation mend patching fastener holdfast regulating installing
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Antonyms

damaging mobility shifting cracking alteration complaining
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Hypernyms

improvement preservation restraint constraint sterilization sterilisation

Hyponyms

cotter clothespin cleat care link maintenance

Phrases with the word

fixing arrangement according to one fixing point fixing bracket fixing energy fixing nitrogen fixing elections

Examples

I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's best to be as pretty as possible for destiny. Coco Chanel

Some people do indeed say that Eratosthenes could not have inferred the true measure of the earth. Whether true or untrue, it cannot affect the truth of what I have written on the fixing of the quarters from which the different winds blow. Vitruvius

Any damage that's been done, you have to fix yourself because it needs fixing and there is nobody else to do the work. Blame may well be justified, but it's not going to move you forward in your life. Augusten Burroughs

Better preventing than fixing. Portuguese Proverb

There are three things that have to be done quickly: burying the dead, opening the door for a stranger, and fixing your daughter's wedding. Persian Proverb

Fixing the known is better than waiting for the unknown. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

fixie fixigena fixin' to fixing agent fixing arrangement according to one fixing bracket