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stamp /stamp/ transitive verb- To bring the foot forcibly down upon
- To trample
- To bring the sole of (the foot) down flat, heavily or with force
- To impress, imprint, or cut with a downward blow, as with a die or cutter
- To mint, make or shape by such a blow
- To fix or mark deeply
- To crush, grind or pound (ore, etc)
- To impress with a mark attesting official approval, ratification, payment, etc
- To affix an adhesive stamp to
- To attest, declare, prove to be
- To characterize
intransitive verb- To bring the foot down forcibly and noisily
- To walk with a heavy tread
noun- The act of stamping
- An impression
- A stamped device, mark, imprint
- An adhesive paper used as a substitute for stamping, esp one affixed to show that postage has been paid
- Attestation
- Authorization
- A coin (Shakespeare)
- Pounded maize (S Afr)
- Cast, form, character
- A distinguishing mark, imprint, sign, evidence
- An instrument or machine for stamping
- National insurance contributions, orig recorded by sticking a stamp onto an official card (informal)
ORIGIN: ME stampen, from an inferred OE stampian from the same root as stempan; Ger stampfen stampˈer noun stampˈing noun and adjective Stamp Act noun An act of parliament imposing or regulating stamp duties, esp that of 1765 imposing them on the American colonies stamp album noun A book for keeping a collection of postage stamps in stamp collecting noun Philately stamp collector noun - A person who makes a hobby of collecting postage stamps
- Formerly, a receiver of stamp duties
stamp duty noun A tax on legal documents, its payment being confirmed by the affixation of a stamp stamp hinge see under hinge stampˈing-ground noun - An animal's usual resort
- A place where a person often spends time
stamping machine noun A machine used for stamping coins, in the stamping of brasswork, or in crushing metallic ores stamp mill or stamping mill noun A machine for crushing ores stamp note noun A certificate from a customs officer for goods to be loaded as freight of a ship stamp office noun An office where stamp duties are received and stamps issued stamp paper noun Paper bearing a government revenue stamp stamp out - To put out, extinguish by tramping
- To get rid of entirely
- To make by stamping from a sheet with a cutter
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