fixing
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of putting something in working order again
Types & categories
- improvement hypernym
- darning hyponym
- patching hyponym
- maintenance hyponym
- quick fix hyponym
- restoration hyponym
- reconstruction hyponym
- restitution hyponym
Related & opposite
- fix derivation
Sense 2 noun
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
Types & categories
- constraint hypernym
- bellyband hyponym
- buckle hyponym
- button hyponym
- carabiner hyponym
- catch hyponym
- clasp hyponym
- cleat hyponym
- clinch hyponym
- clip hyponym
- clothespin hyponym
- corrugated fastener hyponym
- cottar hyponym
- loop hyponym
- joggle hyponym
- stopping hyponym
- hook and eye hyponym
- knot hyponym
- lashing hyponym
- linkup hyponym
- lock hyponym
- locker hyponym
- nail hyponym
- nut and bolt hyponym
- paper fastener hyponym
- pin hyponym
- screw hyponym
- seal hyponym
- seal hyponym
- slide fastener hyponym
- snap fastener hyponym
- toggle hyponym
- toggle bolt hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the sterilization of an animal
they took him to the vet for neutering
Types & categories
- sterilization hypernym
- castration hyponym
- spaying hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
Types & categories
- preservation hypernym
Parts & wholes
- plastination part holonym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fix |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | improvement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | darning |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | patching |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | maintenance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quick fix |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | restoration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reconstruction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | restitution |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fasten |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fasten |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bond |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | constraint |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bellyband |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | buckle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | button |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | carabiner |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clasp |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cleat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clinch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clothespin |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | corrugated fastener |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cottar |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | loop |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | joggle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stopping |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hook and eye |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | knot |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lashing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | linkup |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lock |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | locker |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nail |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nut and bolt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | paper fastener |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pin |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | screw |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | seal |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | seal |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | slide fastener |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snap fastener |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | toggle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | toggle bolt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | neuter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | desex |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sterilization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | castration |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spaying |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fix |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fixate |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | histology |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | plastination |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | preservation |