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Definition of 'stamp'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) stamp
to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.

2.  stamp
to bring (the foot) down forcibly on the ground, floor, etc.

3.  stamp
to crush, extinguish, etc., by or as if by striking with a forcible downward thrust of the foot (often fol. by out):
to stamp out a fire; to stamp out crime.

4.  stamp
to crush or pound with or as if with a pestle.

5.  stamp
to impress with a mark or device as an indication of genuineness, approval, etc.

6.  stamp
to mark with a distinguishing feature:
Age stamped his face with lines.

7.  stamp
to imprint or impress on something:
Stamp the date on each page.

8.  stamp
to affix a postage stamp to.

9.  stamp
to characterize; reveal:
His speech stamped him as a potential candidate.

10. (v.i.) stamp
to bring the foot down forcibly, as in crushing something or expressing rage.

11.  stamp
to walk quickly with heavy, forcible steps.

12. (n.) stamp
a die or block for impressing or imprinting.

13.  stamp
a design made for imprinting.

14.  stamp
an official mark or seal indicating genuineness, validity, etc., or payment of a duty or charge.

15.  stamp
a distinctive record or impression.

16.  stamp
an act or instance of stamping.

17.  stamp
an instrument for stamping, crushing, or pounding.

Etymology: (1150–1200; (v.) early ME: to pound, crush, prob. continuing OE *stampian (c. MD, MLG stampen, OHG stampfōn, ON stappa))

Definition of 'stamp'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cast, mold, mould, stamp
the distinctive form in which a thing is made
"pottery of this cast was found throughout the region"

2. (noun) stamp
a type or class
"more men of his stamp are needed"

3. (noun) stamp, impression
a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
"he put his stamp on the envelope"

4. (noun) postage, postage stamp, stamp
a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid

5. (noun) tender, legal tender, stamp
something that can be used as an official medium of payment

6. (noun) revenue stamp, stamp
a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid

7. (noun) stamp, pestle
machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores

8. (noun) stamp
a block or die used to imprint a mark or design

9. (verb) seal, stamp
a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

10. (verb) stomp, stamp, stump
walk heavily
"The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"

11. (verb) stamp
to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something
"a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps"

12. (verb) stamp
reveal clearly as having a certain character
"His playing stamps him as a Romantic"

13. (verb) stamp
affix a stamp to
"Are the letters properly stamped?"

14. (verb) pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
"I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"

15. (verb) stamp
destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot
"Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny"

16. (verb) stamp
form or cut out with a mold, form, or die
"stamp needles"

17. (verb) stamp
crush or grind with a heavy instrument
"stamp fruit extract the juice"

18. (verb) emboss, boss, stamp
raise in a relief
"embossed stationery"

Definition of 'stamp'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) stamp
an official mark or picture in the corner of a letter to show that postage has been paid; = postage stamp
a first class stamp

2.  stamp
a small tool that makes a special mark when you put ink on it and push it onto paper
a stamp with her initials

3.  stamp
the mark a stamp makes
a letter with the college's official stamp on it

4.  stamp
stamp of approval
sth that shows that sb likes sth
My boyfriend received my parents' stamp of approval.

5. (verb) stamp
to put a mark on sth using a stamp
Did they stamp your passport?

6.  stamp
to put your foot down hard
The elephants stamped and trumpeted.; She stamped her foot and cried.

7.  stamp
to walk by putting your feet down hard
We stamped around trying to get warm.

Definition of 'stamp'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) stamp
the act of stamping, as with the foot

2. (noun) stamp
the which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die

3. (noun) stamp
the mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression

4. (noun) stamp
that which is marked; a thing stamped

5. (verb) stamp
to strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward

6. (verb) stamp
to bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage

7. (verb) stamp
to crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill

8. (verb) stamp
to impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials

9. (verb) stamp
fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart

10. (verb) stamp
to cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin

11. (verb) stamp
to put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document

12. (verb) stamp
to strike; to beat; to crush

13. (verb) stamp
to strike the foot forcibly downward

14. (verb) stamp
a picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate

15. (verb) stamp
an offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange

16. (verb) stamp
hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc

17. (verb) stamp
an instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure

18. (verb) stamp
a character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin

19. (verb) stamp
make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp

20. (verb) stamp
a kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing

21. (verb) stamp
a half-penny

22. (verb) stamp
money, esp. paper money

Translation of 'stamp'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to bring (the foot) down with force (on the ground) He stamped his foot with rage; She stamped on the insect.
Afrikaans: trap	Arabic: يَدوس، يَسْحَق	Bulgarian: тропам
Brazilian: bater	Czech: dupnout	German: stampfen
Danish: stampe; trampe	Greek: χτυπώ (τα πόδια μου) κάτω	Estonian: trampima
Farsi: پا به زمين كوبيدن	Finnish: polkaista	French: taper du pied sur
Hebrew: לִרקוֹעַ	Hindi: पटकना	Croatian: gaziti, tapkati
Hungarian: dobbant	Indonesian: menghentakkan kaki	Icelandic: stappa
Italian: imprimere; battere; calpe	Japanese: 踏みつける	Korean: 짓밟다
Lithuanian: treptelėti, trypti	Latvian: dauzīt; mīdīt	Malay: menghentak kaki
Dutch: stampen	Norwegian: stampe, trampe i gulvet (	Polish: tupać, deptać
Portuguese: bater	Romanian: a bate din picior; a stri	Russian: топать; топтать
Slovak: dupnúť	Slovenian: teptati	Serbian: tresnuti
Swedish: stampa	Thai: กระทืบ; เหยียบ	Turkish: ayağını yere vurmak
Taiwanese: 跺，踩	Ukrainian: тупати ногою	Urdu: پاؤں سے کچل دینا
Vietnamese: giậm chân	Chinese: 跺，踩
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