A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves. / (perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.

Serving to fix or bind.

plural of fixative

simple past tense and past participle of fix

Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same. / Stationary. / Attached; affixed. / Chemically stable. / Supplied with what one needs. / (law) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.

(transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix. / (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.

A repair or corrective action. / A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament. / (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.

The act of subverting (fixing) a vote. / (UK, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc) / See fixings.

present participle of fix / (Southern US, slang, with infinitive) Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to.

plural of fix