Search Result for "fixate": 
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way;
- Example: "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40"

2. pay attention to exclusively and obsessively;
- Example: "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death"

3. make fixed, stable or stationary;
- Example: "let's fix the picture to the frame"
[syn: fixate, fix]

4. become fixed (on);
- Example: "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon"
[syn: fixate, settle on]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fixate
    v 1: attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way;
         "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40"
    2: pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; "The media are
       fixating on Princess Diana's death"
    3: make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to
       the frame" [syn: fixate, fix]
    4: become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the
       horizon" [syn: fixate, settle on]