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stamp - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'stamp' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stamp [ n.]
- The act of stamping, as with the foot.
- The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
- The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
- that which is marked; a thing stamped.
2 . Stamp [ v. i.]
- To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
- To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
- To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
- To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
- Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
- 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.
- To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
- To strike; to beat; to crush.
- To strike the foot forcibly downward.
3 . Stamp [ v. t.]
- A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.
- 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.
- 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.
- An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.
- 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.
- Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different 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.
- A half-penny.
- Money, esp. paper money.

Meaning of 'stamp' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stamp [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
Example in sentence:
  • he put his stamp on the envelope
Meaning (2):
- a type or class
Example in sentence:
  • more men of his stamp are needed
Meaning (3):
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
Example in sentence:
  • pottery of this cast was found throughout the region
4 . stamp [ v]
Meaning (4):
- to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something
Example in sentence:
  • a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps
Meaning (5):
- affix a stamp to
Example in sentence:
  • Are the letters properly stamped?
Meaning (6):
- raise in a relief
Example in sentence:
  • embossed stationery
Meaning (7):
- reveal clearly as having a certain character
Example in sentence:
  • His playing stamps him as a Romantic
Meaning (8):
- treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
Example in sentence:
  • I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European
Meaning (9):
- destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot
Example in sentence:
  • Stamp fascism into submission;
  • stamp out tyranny
Meaning (10):
- crush or grind with a heavy instrument
Example in sentence:
  • stamp fruit extract the juice
Meaning (11):
- form or cut out with a mold, form, or die
Example in sentence:
  • stamp needles
Meaning (12):
- walk heavily
Example in sentence:
  • The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots