stamp Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Stamp transitive verb
Etymology
OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stanpfn, Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. step. See Step, v. i., and cf. Stampede.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Stamped ; present participle & verbal noun Stamping
Definitions
  1. To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. Shak.
    He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.
  2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
  3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
    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.
  4. To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
  5. Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
    God . . . has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being. Locke.
  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.
  7. To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
Stamp intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To strike; to beat; to crush.
    These cooks how they stamp and strain and grind. Chaucer.
  2. To strike the foot forcibly downward.
    But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and dies. dennis.
Stamp noun
Definitions
  1. The act of stamping, as with the foot.
  2. The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
    'T is gold so pure It can not bear the stamp without alloy. Dryden.
  3. The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
    That sacred name gives ornament and grace, And, like his stamp, makes basest metals pass. Dryden.
  4. that which is marked; a thing stamped.
    hanging a golden stamp about their necks. Shak.
  5. F. estampe, of german origin. See Stamp, v. t. A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate. Obs.
    At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty and magnificence. Addison.
  6. An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.
  7. Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.
  8. An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.
  9. A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.
    Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone. Sir T. Browne.
  10. Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
    A soldier of this season's stamp. Shak.
  11. A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing.
  12. A half-penny. Obs. au. & Fl.
  13. pl. Money, esp. paper money. Slang, U.S.

Webster 1913