different between reborn vs fixed

English

Etymology

re- +? born

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Adjective

reborn (not comparable)

1. Revived or regenerated, especially emotionally or spiritually.
2. (often postpositive) Reincarnated.

Translations

Noun

reborn (plural reborns)

1. A manufactured vinyl doll that has been transformed to resemble a human baby with as much realism as possible.
   • 2015, Michele White, Producing Women (page 86)

     People's passionate reactions to reborns include moments of discomfort that happen across the skin and through the body.

   • 2015, Carmen M. Cusack, Laws Relating to Sex, Pregnancy, and Infancy (page 31)

     Some treat reborns as dolls, but others treat reborns as children. Adults who treat dolls as children or adults who play with dolls may face ridicule […]

Related terms

• reborning

See also

• born-again, born again
• rebirth

Anagrams

• Borner

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