stamp

Definitions

1. 1intransitive verb

   To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

2. 2intransitive verb

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

3. 3intransitive verb

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

4. 4intransitive verb

   To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.

5. 5intransitive verb

   Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.

6. 6intransitive verb

   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.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To strike; to beat; to crush.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To strike the foot forcibly downward.

10. 10noun

    The act of stamping, as with the foot.

11. 11noun

    The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.

12. 12noun

    The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.

13. 13noun

    that which is marked; a thing stamped.

14. 14transitive verb

    A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.

15. 15transitive verb

    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. 16transitive verb

    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. 17transitive verb

    An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.

18. 18transitive verb

    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. 19transitive verb

    Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.

20. 20transitive verb

    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. 21transitive verb

    A half-penny.

22. 22transitive verb

    Money, esp. paper money.

23. 23noun

    a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

    Synonyms

    seal
24. 24noun

    a block or die used to imprint a mark or design

25. 25noun

    machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores

    Synonyms

    pestle
26. 26noun

    a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid

    Synonyms

    postage
27. 27noun

    a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving

    "he put his stamp on the envelope"

    Synonyms

    impression
28. 28noun

    a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid

29. 29noun

    a type or class

    "more men of his stamp are needed"

30. 30noun

    something that can be used as an official medium of payment

    Synonyms

    tender
31. 31noun

    the distinctive form in which a thing is made

    "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region"

    Synonyms

    castmoldmould
32. 32verb

    destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot

    "Stamp fascism into submission"

    "stamp out tyranny"

33. 33verb

    treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

    "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"

    Synonyms

    pigeonholestereotype
34. 34verb

    to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something

    "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps"

35. 35verb

    affix a stamp to

    "Are the letters properly stamped?"

36. 36verb

    raise in a relief

    "embossed stationery"

    Synonyms

    bossemboss
37. 37verb

    crush or grind with a heavy instrument

    "stamp fruit extract the juice"

38. 38verb

    form or cut out with a mold, form, or die

    "stamp needles"

39. 39verb

    walk heavily

    "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"

    Synonyms

    stompstump
40. 40verb

    reveal clearly as having a certain character

    "His playing stamps him as a Romantic"