Fixing

1. (verb) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix. 2. (verb) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time. 3. (verb) To mend, to repair. 4. (verb) To prepare (food or drink). 5. (verb) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion 6. (verb) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion 7. (verb) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile. 8. (verb) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile. 9. (verb) (sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself. 10. (verb) (sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself. 11. (verb) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant. 12. (verb) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant. 13. (verb) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light. 14. (verb) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light. 15. (verb) To convert into a stable or available form. 16. (verb) To convert into a stable or available form. 17. (verb) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. 18. (verb) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. 19. (verb) 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. 20. (verb) 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. 21. (noun) The act of subverting (fixing) a vote. 22. (noun) The act of subverting (fixing) a vote. 23. (noun) (usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc) 24. (noun) (usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc) 25. (noun) See fixings. 26. (noun) See fixings.