stamp
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (9)stamps, stamped, stamping
- walk heavily“The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots”Synonyms: stompstumpMore general walk
- to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something“a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps”More general impress, imprintMore specific date, postmark, rubberstamp
- reveal clearly as having a certain character“His playing stamps him as a Romantic”More general qualify, characterize
- affix a stamp to“Are the letters properly stamped?”More general affix, stick onMore specific meter
- treat or classify according to a mental stereotype“I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European”Synonyms: pigeonholestereotypeMore general classify, class
- destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot“Stamp fascism into submission”“stamp out tyranny”More general snuff out, extinguish
- form or cut out with a mold, form, or die“stamp needles”
- crush or grind with a heavy instrument“stamp fruit to extract the juice”
- raise in a relief“embossed stationery”Synonyms: embossboss
Noun (9)stamps
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made“pottery of this cast was found throughout the region”Synonyms: castmoldmouldType of solid
- a type or class“more men of his stamp are needed”Type of class, category
- a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving“he put his stamp on the envelope”Synonyms: impressionType of symbolKinds imprint, seal
- a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paidSynonyms: postagepostage stampType of token, item
- something that can be used as an official medium of paymentSynonyms: tenderlegal tenderType of medium of exchange, monetary systemKinds food stamp
- a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paidSynonyms: revenue stampType of sheet, piece of paper
- machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing oresSynonyms: 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 documentsSynonyms: seal
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Translations
Noun indentation or imprint made by stamping
- Spanish
- sello
- French
- cachet
- German
- Stempel
- Italian
- bollo
- Portuguese
- carimbo
- Turkish
- mühür
- Russian
- печа́ть pečátʹ
- Arabic
- خَتْم ḵatm
- Chinese
- 印记 yìnjì
- Japanese
- スタンプ sutanpu
20 more languages
- Dutch
- stempel
- Polish
- stempel
- Swedish
- prägel
- Greek
- σφραγίδα sfragída
- Korean
- 인감 in'gam
- Indonesian
- cap
- Hungarian
- pecsét
- Portuguese (PT)
- carimbo
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 印章 yìnzhāng
- Albanian
- vulë
- Catalan
- segell
- Czech
- razítko
- Danish
- stempel
- Finnish
- leima
- Georgian
- შტამპი šṭamṗi
- Hebrew
- חוֹתֶמֶת ẖotémet
- Norwegian
- stempel
- Romanian
- ștampilă
- Slovak
- pečiatka
- Slovenian
- pečat
Noun device for stamping designs
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stampfōn, Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. step. See Step, intransitive verb, and cf. Stampede.
1. To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. William Shakespeare
He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.— John Dryden
2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically Metallurgy, to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small.— Deut. ix. 21.
4. To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
5. Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
God... has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being.— John Locke
6. 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. To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
To stamp out, to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion.
1. To strike; to beat; to crush.
These cooks how they stamp and strain and grind.— Geoffrey Chaucer
2. To strike the foot forcibly downward.
But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and dies.— John Dennis
1. The act of stamping, as with the foot.
2. The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
'T is gold so pure It can not bear the stamp without alloy.— John Dryden
3. The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
That sacred name gives ornament and grace, And, like his stamp, makes basest metals pass.— John Dryden
4. That which is marked; a thing stamped.
Hanging a golden stamp about their necks.— William Shakespeare
5. A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate. obsolete
At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty and magnificence.— Joseph Addison
6. An official 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.
7. Hence: A stamped or printed device, usually paper, 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 tax stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.
8. An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.
9. 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.
Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone.— Sir Thomas Browne
10. Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
A soldier of this season's stamp.— William Shakespeare
11. 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 beating.
12. A half-penny. obsolete Francis, & Fletcher, John. Beaumont
13. pl. Money, esp. paper money. Slang, U.S.
Stamp act, an act of the British Parliament [1765] imposing a duty on all paper, vellum, and parchment used in the American colonies, and declaring all writings on unstamped materials to be null and void. — Stamp collector, (a) an officer who receives or collects stamp duties. (b) one who collects postage or other stamps, as an avocation or for investment; a philatelist. — Stamp duty, a duty, or tax, imposed on paper and parchment used for certain writings, as deeds, conveyances, etc., the evidence of the payment of the duty or tax being a stamp. British — Stamp hammer, a hammer, worked by power, which rises and falls vertically, like a stamp in a stamp mill. — Stamp head, a heavy mass of metal, forming the head or lower end of a bar, which is lifted and let fall, in a stamp mill. — Stamp mill Mining, a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps; also, a machine for stamping ore. — Stamp note, a stamped certificate from a customhouse officer, which allows goods to be received by the captain of a ship as freight. British — Stamp office, an office for the issue of stamps and the reception of stamp duties.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54