Stamp - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |stæmp|  American pronunciation of the word stamp
Brit.  |stæmp|  British pronunciation of the word stamp

noun

- the distinctive form in which a thing is made (syn: cast, mold, mould)
- a type or class
more men of his stamp are needed
- a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving (syn: impression)
he put his stamp on the envelope
- a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid (syn: postage)
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment (syn: tender)
- a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid
- machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores (syn: pestle)
- a block or die used to imprint a mark or design
- a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents (syn: seal)

verb

- walk heavily (syn: stomp, stump)
- to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something
a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps
- reveal clearly as having a certain character
His playing stamps him as a Romantic
- affix a stamp to
Are the letters properly stamped?
- treat or classify according to a mental stereotype (syn: pigeonhole, stereotype)
- destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot
stamp out tyranny
- form or cut out with a mold, form, or die
stamp needles
- crush or grind with a heavy instrument
stamp fruit extract the juice
- raise in a relief (syn: boss, emboss)

Extra examples

He stamped his foot in anger.

He stamped out of the room.

She stamped the bill “paid.”

There was a stamp on the letter showing the date when it was received.

...a stamp left in the mud by some prehistoric beast...

The post office has issued a new commemorative stamp.

That episode was stamped on / in my memory.

Her success has stamped her as one of the country's top riders.

Marta shrieked and started stamping on the cockroach.

The horses stamped and pawed in their stables.

Richard collects stamps.

The audience stamped and shouted.

'I will not!' Bert yelled and stamped his foot (=because he was angry).

She stood at the bus stop stamping her feet (=because she was cold).

My mother stamped off down the stairs.

Phrasal verbs

stamp down  — bring under control by force or authority
stamp out  — end or extinguish by forceful means

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: stamp
he/she/it: stamps
present participle: stamping
past tense: stamped
past participle: stamped
noun
singular: stamp
plural: stamps
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