(~ed)
1.
If you ~ one thing to another, you stick it or attach it to the other thing. (FORMAL)
Complete the form and ~ four tokens to its back...
I covered the scroll in sealing wax, and ~ed a red ribbon.
...special storage racks ~ed to the sides of buses.
VERB: V n to n, V n, V-ed, also V n prep/adv
2.
An ~ is a letter or group of letters, for example ‘un-’ or ‘-y’, which is added to either the beginning or the end of a word to form a different word with a different meaning. For example, ‘un-’ is added to ‘kind’ to form ‘unkind’. Compare prefix and suffix .
N-COUNT