'To stamp out' definitions:
Definition of 'To stamp out'
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]
Words containing 'To stamp out'
- Stamp,
- Stamped,
- Stamping,
- Stamps,
- stamp down,
- stamp out,
- Hand stamp,
- Postage stamp,
- Stamp act,
- Stamp collector,
- Stamp duty,
- Stamp hammer,
- Stamp head,
- Stamp mill,
- Stamp note,
- Stamp office,
- Stamping Ground,
- Stamping machine,
- Stamping mill,
- Stamps, AR,
- Wood stamp,
- butter stamp,
- date stamp,
- food stamp,
- revenue stamp,
- rubber stamp,
- stamp album,
- stamp battery,
- stamp collecting,
- stamp collection,
- stamp dealer,
- stamp pad,
- stamp tax,
- trading stamp,
- Stamping Ground, KY