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fix, 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, yoke, fetter, pinion.
2. set, solidify, congeal, harden, stiffen, rigidify.
3. establish, institute, organize, found; stabilize, ground, plant, implant, install; settle, determine, decide, conclude, seal; define, limit, delimit; purpose, resolve, will.
4. (usu. of eyes or attention) direct, level at; attract, hold, magnetize.
5. repair, mend, restore, doctor, fix up; patch, patch up, touch up, renovate, renew; correct, amend, rectify, remedy, better, ameliorate; adjust, arrange, straighten, place.
6. Informal, get even with, retaliate, wreak vengeance, take retribution.
7. Informal, castrate, asexualize, eunuchize. See - castrate (def. 1).
8. fix up Informal,

a. arrange for, plan for, provide with, furnish,
b. smooth out or over, clear up, solve, resolve, reconcile.
-n. 9. Informal, predicament, dilemma, plight, Inf. pickle, difficulty, trouble, Inf. hot water, scrape; corner, tight spot, SI. box, bind, double bind, catch-
22, vicious circle; strait, Inf. squeeze, pinch, push, hole, quagmire; cul-de-sac, dead end, blind alley; impasse, standstill, stalemate, deadlock; quandary, perplexity, uncertainty, confusion, muddle, mess, botch,

fixation, n. obsession, monomania, mania, complex, SI. hang-up; compulsion, fixed idea, Fr. idee fixe, preoccupation, fetish; delusion, fancy, notion, crotchet; quirk, oddity, eccentricity.

fixed, adj. 1. fastened, secured, clinched, made fast; attached, connected, coupled, linked, pinned, clasped; tied, bound, nailed down, cemented, welded.
2. firm, settled, stable, rooted; unwavering, unbending, unpliant, rigid; stationary, motionless, immovable; set, permanent, inveterate; definite, constant, steady.
3. set upon, intent upon, resolved, resolute, determined, persistent, stubborn.
4. repaired, mended, restored, renewed; rectified, corrected, adjusted, put in order.

fixity, n. stability, constancy, unchangingness, permanence, endurance, durability; preservation, conservation, maintenance; persistence, determination, perseverance, doggedness,

fixture, n. attachment, appurtenance, accessory, appliance, equipment; appendage, addition, appendix; apparatus, contrivance, instrument, device, tool, gadget.

fizz, v. 1. hiss, sibilate, sputter, fizzle, swish, sizzle, rustle, buzz, whiz; effervesce, ferment, bubble, sparkle, froth, fume.
-n. 2. hissing sound, sibilation, sputter, fizzle, swish, sizzle, rustle, buzz, whiz; effervescence, fermentation, sparkling, bubbling, froth, fume, spray, foam.
3. All U.S. soda water, club soda, soda, tonic water, tonic, quinine water, quinine, seltzer water, seltzer.
4. Brit. Inf champagne, SI. bubbly.

fizzle, v. 1. hiss, sibilate, sputter, fizz, swish, sizzle, rustle, buzz, whiz; effervesce, bubble, sparkle, aerate, foam, froth, spume.
2. Informal. Often

fizzle out fail, miscarry, abort, founder; misfire, collapse, cave in, come to nothing, fall short, fall through, miss the mark, miss the boat, come to grief, end in smoke.
-n. 3. hissing sound. See - fizz (def. 2).
4. Informal, failure, miscarriage, nonsuccess, nonfulfillment, vain attempt, SI. no-go, flash in the pan;