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Fixing and Patch

fixing

noun

  • The act of putting something in working order again.
  • Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place.
  • The sterilization of an animal.
    • usage: "they took him to the vet for neutering"
  • Histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body.

verb

  • Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.
    • usage: "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
  • Cause to be firmly attached.
    • usage: "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
  • Decide upon or fix definitely.
    • usage: "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
  • Prepare for eating by applying heat.
    • usage: "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
  • Take vengeance on or get even.
    • usage: "We'll get them"; "That'll fix him good"; "This time I got him"
  • Set or place definitely.
    • usage: "Let's fix the date for the party"
  • Kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study.
  • Make fixed, stable or stationary.
    • usage: "let's fix the picture to the frame"
  • Make infertile.
    • usage: "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
  • Influence an event or its outcome by illegal means.
    • usage: "fix a race"
  • Put (something somewhere) firmly.
    • usage: "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
  • Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.
    • usage: "Get the children ready for school"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
patch

noun

  • A small contrasting part of something.
    • usage: "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
  • A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.
    • usage: "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
  • A piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole.
  • A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.
    • usage: "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"
  • A short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program.
  • A connection intended to be used for a limited time.
  • Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment. )
    • usage: "her stockings had several mends"
  • A protective cloth covering for an injured eye.
  • A piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body.

verb

  • To join or unite the pieces of.
    • usage: "patch the skirt"
  • Provide with a patch; also used metaphorically.
    • usage: "The field was patched with snow"
  • Mend by putting a patch on.
    • usage: "patch a hole"
  • Repair by adding pieces.
    • usage: "She pieced the china cup"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Patch is a masculine given name
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