'Stamp' definitions:

Definition of 'stamp'

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noun
The distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" [syn: cast, mold, mould, stamp]
noun
A type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed"
noun
A symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope" [syn: stamp, impression]
noun
A small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid [syn: postage, postage stamp, stamp]
noun
Something that can be used as an official medium of payment [syn: tender, legal tender, stamp]
noun
A small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid [syn: revenue stamp, stamp]
noun
Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores [syn: stamp, pestle]
noun
A block or die used to imprint a mark or design
noun
A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents [syn: seal, stamp]
verb
Walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots" [syn: stomp, stamp, stump]
verb
To mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps"
verb
Reveal clearly as having a certain character; "His playing stamps him as a Romantic"
verb
Affix a stamp to; "Are the letters properly stamped?"
verb
Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" [syn: pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp]
verb
Destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny"
verb
Form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles"
verb
Crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice"
verb
Raise in a relief; "embossed stationery" [syn: emboss, boss, stamp]

Definition of 'Stamp'

From: GCIDE
  • Stamp \Stamp\ (st[a^]mp) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stamped (st[a^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Stamping.] [OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stampf[=o]n, Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. step. See Step, v. i., and cf. Stampede.]
  • 1. To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart. [1913 Webster]
  • God . . . has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document. [1913 Webster]
  • To stamp out, to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Stamp'

From: GCIDE
  • Stamp \Stamp\, v. i.
  • 1. To strike; to beat; to crush. [1913 Webster]
  • These cooks how they stamp and strain and grind. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To strike the foot forcibly downward. [1913 Webster]
  • But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and dies. --Dennis. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Stamp'

From: GCIDE
  • Stamp \Stamp\, n.
  • 1. The act of stamping, as with the foot. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die. [1913 Webster]
  • 'T is gold so pure It can not bear the stamp without alloy. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression. [1913 Webster]
  • That sacred name gives ornament and grace, And, like his stamp, makes basest metals pass. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. That which is marked; a thing stamped. [1913 Webster]
  • Hanging a golden stamp about their necks. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. [F. estampe, of German origin. See Stamp, v. t.] A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty and magnificence. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp. [1913 Webster]
  • A soldier of this season's stamp. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 12. A half-penny. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 13. pl. Money, esp. paper money. [Slang, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [Eng.]
  • 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. [Eng.]
  • Stamp office, an office for the issue of stamps and the reception of stamp duties. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'stamp'

From: Moby Thesaurus