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Stamp

noun

1.

The distinctive form in which a thing is made. Synonyms: cast, mold, mould.

2.

A type or class.

3.

A symbol that is the result of printing or engraving. Synonym: impression.

4.

A small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid. Synonyms: postage, postage stamp.

5.

Something that can be used as an official medium of payment. Synonyms: legal tender, tender.

6.

A small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid. Synonym: revenue stamp.

7.

Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores. Synonym: pestle.

8.

A block or die used to imprint a mark or design.

9.

A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents. Synonym: seal.

verb

(past & past part. stamped; pres. part. stamping)

1.

Walk heavily. Synonyms: stomp, stump.

2.

To mark, or produce an imprint in or on something.

3.

Reveal clearly as having a certain character.

4.

Affix a stamp to.

5.

Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype. Synonyms: pigeonhole, stereotype.

6.

Destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot. "Stamp out tyranny"

7.

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

8.

Crush or grind with a heavy instrument.

9.

Raise in a relief. Synonyms: boss, emboss.

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"Stamp" Quotes from Famous Books

... each other!" The gentleman was astounded, and could only sit wrapping his toga in silent dismay for the rest of the evening. Thackeray then, as at other similar times, had no idea of giving pain, but when he saw a foible he put his foot upon it, and tried to stamp it out. ...

— Thackeray • Anthony Trollope

... President, and said that as soon as the heart moderated a bit the letter would be given the boy. It was a rare bit of consideration that now followed. No sooner had the father's letter reached the White House than an answer came back by first post—this time with a special-delivery stamp on it. It was Theodore Roosevelt, the father, who wrote this time; his mind and time filled with affairs of state, and yet full of tender thoughtfulness for a ...

— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok (1863-1930)

... thoughts were half delirium, his words half raving, yet he could not control them, and thanked chance that his apartment was near none other which was occupied, and that he could stride about and stamp his foot upon the floor, and yet no sound be heard beyond the massive walls and doors. Outside such walls, in the face of the world, he must utter no word, show no sign by any quiver of a muscle; and 'twas the realisation of the silence he must keep, the poignard stabs ...

— His Grace of Osmonde • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... of the red men, and when these would not avail, he did not scruple to employ the arts of his brother. In exhorting one of the Southern tribes he rebuked their coldness, and told them that when he reached Detroit, he would stamp his foot, and they should feel the earth tremble as a sign of his divine authority for his work. About the time it would have taken him to reach Detroit, the great earthquake of 1810 shook the Seminoles with terror of the man whose arguments ...

— Stories Of Ohio - 1897 • William Dean Howells

... glad to have met you, Mr. Webber. It is a source of satisfaction to me that our educational system is in the care of men of your stamp. I leave this matter with confidence entirely in your hands. ...

— The Vision Spendid • William MacLeod Raine

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