حَوقة La Fīgere To Fix
(transitive , obsolete ) To pierce ; now generally replaced by transfix .
(transitive , by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
(transitive ) To attach ; to affix ; to hold in place or at a particular time .
(transitive , figuratively , usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate .
(transitive ) To mend , to repair .
(transitive , informal ) To prepare (food or drink).
(transitive ) 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[1]
(transitive , US , informal ) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile .
(transitive , mathematics , sematics) To map a (point or subset ) to itself .
(transitive , informal ) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
(transitive ) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
(transitive , chemistry , biology ) To convert into a stable or available form.
(intransitive ) To become fixed ; to settle or remain permanently ; to cease from wandering; to rest. quotations ▼
(intransitive ) 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.
Synonyms
(pierce): impale , run through , stick
(hold in place): join , put together , unite ; see also Thesaurus:join
(mend; repair): patch , put to rights , rectify ; see also Thesaurus:repair
(make a contest unfair): doctor , rig
(render infertile): neuter , spay , desex , castrate
(settle or remain permanently): establish , settle down
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