different between fixed vs turtling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?kst/
• Rhymes: -?kst

Verb

fixed

1. simple past tense and past participle of fix

Adjective

fixed (comparative more fixed, superlative most fixed)

1. Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.

   fixed assets

   I work fixed hours for a fixed salary.

   Every religion has its own fixed ideas.

   He looked at me with a fixed glare.

2. Stationary.
3. Attached; affixed.
5. Chemically stable.
6. Supplied with what one needs.

   She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.

7. (law) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.

   In the United States, recordings are only granted copyright protection when the sounds in the recording were fixed and first published on or after February 15, 1972.

8. (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).

   a fixed tomcat; the she-cat has been fixed

9. Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
10. (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
11. Repaired

Synonyms

• (not able to be changed, staying the same): stable, immobile

Antonyms

• (not able to be changed, staying the same): mobile

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• broken
• crooked
• bribe

Anagrams

• defix

English

Etymology 1

turtle +? -ing

Noun

turtling (uncountable)

1. The hunting of turtles (the reptiles).
2. (nautical) Turning turtle.
3. (figuratively) Any slow progression or build-up.
4. (games (board, card, and computer)) A defensive strategy of avoiding conflict, usually in a fixed position.

Verb

turtling

1. present participle of turtle

Etymology 2

From turtle +? -ling.

Noun

turtling (plural turtlings)

1. A baby turtle.
   • 1997, in Sportdiving (magazine), volumes 59–64,^[1] page 94:

     The turtle-lings, kept in safety until they are three months old, are then released into the wild.

   • 2012, Alexandra de Vries, Shawn Blore, Frommer's Brazil:

     Fifty days later, more or less, the little turtlings hatch, dig their way up through the sand, and make a mad scramble to the sea.

Anagrams

• ruttling