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stamp

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stamp in WordNet English dictionary

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