Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fix \Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fixed} (f[i^]kst); p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Fixing}.] [Cf. F. fixer.]
   1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place
      permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to
      implant; to secure; to make definite.

            An ass's nole I fixed on his head.    --Shak.

            O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May
            also fix their reverence.             --Herbert.

            His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps.
                                                  cxii. 7.

            And fix far deeper in his head their stings.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as
      the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.

            Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope.

            One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
                                                  --Young.

   3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys.

   4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating
      with such applications as will make it insensible to the
      action of light. --Abney.

   5. To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to
      set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or
      most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes;
      to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.]

   6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace)
      with fettling.

   Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle;
        determine.

Fixing \Fix"ing\ (f[i^]ks"[i^]ng), n.
   1. The act or process of making fixed.

   2. That which is fixed; a fixture.

   3. pl. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings;
      accompaniments. [Colloq. U.S.]

Source : WordNet®

fixing
     n 1: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: {repair},
           {fix}, {fixture}, {mend}, {mending}, {reparation}]
     2: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in
        place [syn: {fastener}, {fastening}, {holdfast}]
     3: the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet
        for neutering" [syn: {neutering}, {altering}]
     4: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue
        sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations
        they had in the living body [syn: {fixation}]