fixate
— Verb
– English
~ become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon"
fixate
— Verb
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~ pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death"
fixate
— Verb
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~ attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40"
fixate
— Verb
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~ make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame"
fixation
— Noun
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~ the activity of fastening something firmly in position
fixation
— Noun
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~ an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
fixation
— Noun
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~ (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
fixation
— Noun
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~ an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
fixative
— Noun
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~ a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study
fixative
— Noun
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~ a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging
fixed
— Adjective
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~ (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
fixed
— Adjective
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~ incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes"
fixed
— Adjective
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~ securely placed or fastened or set; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor"
fixed
— Adjective
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~ fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain"