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stamp (stamp)
transitive verb
- to bring (the foot) down forcibly on the ground, a floor, etc.
- to strike down on forcibly with the foot to stamp the floor in anger
- to beat, crush, etc. in a specified way by treading on heavily to stamp the grass down to the earth
- to remove by stamping the foot or feet to stamp the snow from one's boots
- to pulverize (ore, etc.) by grinding or crushing
- to imprint or cut out (a mark, design, lettering, etc.) by bringing a form forcibly against a material to stamp initials in leather
- to cut out, form, or make as by applying a die to metal: often with out to stamp auto bodies
- to impress, mark, or imprint with some design, characters, etc., as to decorate or to show authenticity, ownership, sanction, or the like
- to impress or mark distinctly or indelibly the incident was stamped in her memory
- to put an official seal or a stamp on (a document, letter, etc.)
- to characterize or reveal distinctly, as if by imprinting the courage that stamped him as a hero
Etymology: ME stampen, akin to OHG stampfon < Gmc *stampon, *stampjan, to press to pieces < IE *stembh-, to crush < base *steb(h)-, a post, pole > staff, step, stump
intransitive verb
- to bring the foot down forcibly on the ground, a floor, etc.
- to walk with loud, heavy steps, as in anger, etc.
noun
- the act of stamping
- a machine, tool, etc. used for stamping or crushing ore, etc.
- any tool or implement, as a die, used by being forcibly brought against something to mark or shape it
- a mark or form made by such a tool or implement
- a mark, seal, impression, etc. used to show officially that a tax has been paid, authority given, etc.
- a small piece of paper, distinctively imprinted on the face and usually gummed on the back, issued by a government for a specified price and required to be affixed to a letter, parcel, document, commodity subject to duty, etc. as evidence that the prescribed fee, as for carrying mail, has been paid
- any piece of paper similar to a stamp, issued by an organization, business firm, etc. trading stamps
- any characteristic sign or impression; indication the stamp of truth
- character; kind; class; type
stamp out
- to beat, crush, or put out by treading on forcibly to stamp out a fire, a cigarette, etc.
- to crush, suppress, or put down (a revolt, rebellion, etc.)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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stamp
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Object
- envelope: Put the bill in a stamped envelope with your payment.
Converse of object
- emboss: The female embossing stamp, or die is made from brass or steel with the desired impression being manually engraved on it.
Adjective modifier
- commemorative: Comment New Stamps: The Royal Mail is issuing three commemorative stamps to mark England's victory to win back the Ashes.
Modifies a noun
- duty: Stamp duty on the average stamp London home up by more than £ 8,000.
Noun used with modifier
- postage: Some are the size of a postage stamp; others run to several acres.
Preposition: of
- approval: Parent & baby swimming lessons The Quays Swimming & Diving Complex gets stamp of approval First UK directory of child friendly swimming pools.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
Spirits of well-shot woodcock, partridge, snipe, Flutter and bear him up the Norfolk sky: In that red house in a red mahogany book-case The stamp collection waits with mounts long dry.
Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, and a'that; The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a'that! For a'that, and a'that, Our toils obscure, and a'that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a'that.
We must however acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualitiesstill bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
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