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affixes

 
Noun affix has 1 sense
  1. affix - a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
    --1 is a kind of
    bound morpheme, bound form
    --1 is a part of word
    --1 has particulars: prefix; suffix, postfix; infix
    Derived form: verb affix3
Verb affix has 3 senses
  1. affix, stick on - attach to; "affix the seal here"
    --1 is one way to attach
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. append, add on, supplement, affix - add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
    --2 is one way to attach
    Derived form: noun affixation3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
  3. affix - attach or become attached to a stem word; "grammatical morphemes afix to the stem"
    --3 is one way to
    attach
    Derived forms: noun affixation1, noun affixation2, noun affix1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
affirmed affirmer affirming affirms affix affixal affixation affixed affixes affixial afflable afflate afflatus affleck afflected affliate affliation

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