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Definition of fixing :
1. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments.
2. of Fix
3. That which is fixed; a fixture.
4. The act or process of making fixed.
Synonyms:
kettle of fish, holdfast, amends, resort, secureness, habitue, neutering, stamping ground, localization, infantile fixation, darn, fixing up, pickle, obsession, haunt, arrested development, location, localisation, jam, attachment, regular, fastness, fixedness, regression, reparation, mess, fixity, fastener, hangout, adapting, fixation, fixture, adjustment, fastening, patch, hole, mend, fix, repair, muddle
resting (part of speech: verb)
resting, marking time, standing, stagnating, pausing, calming, stilling, slumbering, subsiding, tranquilizing, vegetating, waiting, quieting, sleeping, settling down, becalming, staying
installing (part of speech: verb)
connecting, positioning, implanting, putting, setting up, building in, embedding, instating, planting, rooting, installing, initiating, locating, ensconcing, grafting, inserting
restoring (part of speech: verb)
overhauling, restoring, curing, reconditioning, reconstituting, healing, reviving, mending, renovating, rehabilitating, rejuvenating, darning
stabilizing (part of speech: verb)
securing, constraining, tying down
heading (part of speech: verb)
bearing, steering, vectoring, heading, aiming
ordering (part of speech: verb)
maintaining, grouping, settling, righting, collating, harmonizing, ranking, mediating, framing, integrating, balancing, setting, orchestrating, systematizing, stabilizing, sorting, scoring, programming, ordering, arranging, rationalizing, forming, sifting, subordinating, casting, scheduling, categorizing, pigeonholing, supporting, separating, establishing, scheming, schematizing, grading, methodizing, stratifying, designing, preparing, placing, structuring, typing, arraying, charting, shaping, normalizing, controlling, unifying, plotting, planning, composing, devising, screening, regulating, classing, rating, unsnarling, organizing, marshalling, classifying
correcting (part of speech: verb)
correcting, rectifying, adjusting, revising, patching, amending, altering, repairing, improving, remedying
Usage examples:
- He paused, fixing his eyes upon her till she was forced to lift her eyes to his. - "The Way of Ambition", Robert Hichens.
- Or perhaps it was because he did not wish to spoil the value of his gifts by fixing a price- the price of treachery. - "Jack O' Judgment", Edgar Wallace.
- In her low voice and with a fleeting smile she wished him good morning, like an acquaintance with whom she was quite familiar, and then with a serious little frown, and fixing her engaging eyes very straight upon him, she made the surprising demand: " Mr. Rattar, I want you to tell me honestly who I am." - "Simon", J. Storer Clouston.