mano de gato

Phonetic: "/kwɪk/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

Definition: Plants used in making a quickset hedge

Definition: The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.

Definition: Quitchgrass.

Definition: A fast bowler.

Phonetic: "/kwɪk/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.

Definition: To quicken.

Phonetic: "/kwɪk/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.

Example: He's a quick runner.

Definition: Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.

Example: That was a quick meal.

Definition: Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.

Example: You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.

Definition: Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.

Example: My father is old but he still has a quick wit.

Definition: Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.

Example: He is wont to be rather quick of temper when tired.

Definition: Alive, living.

Definition: Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.

Definition: Of water: flowing.

Definition: Burning, flammable, fiery.

Definition: Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.

Definition: (of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren

Phonetic: "/kwɪk/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Quickly, in a quick manner.

Example: Come here, quick!

Phonetic: "/ˈfɪks/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A repair or corrective action.

Example: That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.

Definition: A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.

Example: It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!

Definition: A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.

Definition: A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.

Definition: A determination of location.

Example: We have a fix on your position.

Definition: Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)

Phonetic: "/ˈfɪks/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

Definition: To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.

Example: A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.

Definition: To mend, to repair.

Example: That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.

Definition: To prepare (food or drink).

Example: She fixed dinner for the kids.

Definition: To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion

Example: A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.

Definition: To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

Example: Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.

Definition: (sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.

Definition: To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.

Example: He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.

Definition: To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.

Definition: To convert into a stable or available form.

Example: Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.

Definition: To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

Definition: To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.