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fix

n. an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"

fix

n. a repair, adjustment or solution

fix

v. set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"

fix

v. influence an event or its outcome by illegal means; "fix a race"

fixate, fix

v. make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame"

situate, fix, posit, deposit

v. put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"

pay back, pay off, get, fix

v. take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

cook, fix, ready, make, prepare

v. prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit

v. decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"

fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set

v. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix

v. make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"

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immobilize, immobilise

v. convert (assets) into fixed capital

batten, batten down, secure

v. furnish with battens; "batten ships"

drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge

v. leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"

assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together

v. create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

station, post, send, place

v. assign to a station

raise, erect, rear, set up, put up

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

build

v. found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"

roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

bank

v. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire"

precipitate, fall sharply

v. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

precipitate

v. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

save, lay aside, save up

v. accumulate money for future use; "He saves half his salary"

blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge

v. mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"

draft, outline

v. draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"

blueprint, draft, draught

v. make a blueprint of

form, organize, organise

v. create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"

buy

v. acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"

bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms

v. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"

steel

v. cover, plate, or edge with steel

arrange, set up

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

systematize, systematise, systemize, systemise

v. arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"

plow, plough, turn

v. to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"

work, work on, process

v. shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"

process, treat

v. subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"

collate

v. to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"

fit

v. make fit; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"

provide, supply, ply, cater

v. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

format, initialize, initialise

v. divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"

arm

v. supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"

decide, make up one's mind, determine

v. reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

release, waiver, discharge

n. a formal written statement of relinquishment

move, displace

v. cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

dull, blunt

v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

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