(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ someone or something, you hold them tightly in your hands or arms.
She ~ed the children to her...
He paced the corridor, hands ~ed behind his back.
VERB: V n, V-ed
2.
A ~ is a small device that fastens something.
...the ~ of her handbag.
N-COUNT: usu with supp