Stamp | Mean of stamp in English Dictionary

/ˈstæmp/

  • Noun
  • a small piece of paper that you buy and then stick to an envelope or package to pay the cost of mailing it
    1. a 39-cent stamp
  • a small piece of paper that is attached to something and that shows that a tax or fee has been paid
  • a device or tool that is used to mark something (such as a piece of paper) with a design, pattern, word, etc., by being pushed against a surface
  • the mark made by a stamp
    1. There was a stamp on the letter showing the date when it was received.
  • a sign of a special or specific quality
    1. Her poetry bears the stamp of genius.
    2. His quiet manner gives/lends his words the stamp of authority. [=makes his words seem authoritative]
  • an indication of something
    1. She gave the plan her stamp of approval. [=she approved the plan]
  • an important or lasting effect
    1. He put/left his stamp on the process. [=he affected/changed the process in some important way]
  • a particular kind or type
    1. He was a man of a different stamp. [=he was a different sort of man]
  • the act of bringing your foot down heavily and noisily
    1. an angry stamp of his foot
  • Verb
  • to bring (your foot) down heavily and noisily
    1. He stamped his foot in anger.
    2. The fans cheered and stamped [=stomped] their feet as the team took the lead.
  • to walk heavily and noisily
    1. She stamped [=stomped] off in a huff.
    2. He stamped out of the room.
  • to use a special device (called a stamp) to put a design, word, etc., on something
    1. She stamped the bill “paid.”
    2. He stamped the date on the letter. = He stamped the letter with the date.
  • to form (something) with a device that presses down on a material and cuts out shapes
    1. newly stamped coins
  • to cause (something) to stay in your mind or memory
    1. The event is stamped [=imprinted] in her mind.
  • to attach a postage stamp to (something)
    1. stamp a letter
    2. a stamped envelope
  • to show that (someone) is (a particular type of person)
    1. The decision stamped him as a man of honor.
  • to step heavily on (something) with your foot
    1. She accidentally stamped on my toe.
  • to end (something) in a forceful way
    1. The city council stamped on any efforts to build a liquor store.
  • to stop or destroy (something bad)
    1. stamp out smallpox/corruption
  • to stop (something) from burning by stepping on it forcefully with your feet
    1. stamp out a fire
    2. She stamped the cigarette out. [=she put out the cigarette by stepping on it]
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