Meaning of stamp | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof
2. A surname.
3. An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
4. An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping
5. To destroy all traces of:abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, uproot, wipe out.
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6. An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.
7. A device for imprinting designs
8. To bring down (the foot) forcibly.
9. A device for imprinting designs.
10. A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees
11. To bring the foot down onto (an object or surface) forcibly.
12. A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.
13. A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work
14. To cause to be dislodged by stomping the feet: He stamped the snow from his boots.
15. A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
16. To subdue, destroy, or eliminate: stamped the rebellion; stamp out a fire.
17. A tattoo.
    figuratively, slang
18. To crush or grind with a heavy instrument: stamp ore.
19. A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide.
    slang
20. To form or cut out by application of a mold, form, or die: washers that were stamped from a piece of sheet metal.
21. A kind of heavy pestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushing ores.
22. To imprint or impress with a mark, design, or seal: stamp a passport.
23. Cast; form; character; distinguishing mark or sign; evidence.
24. To impress forcibly or permanently: an experience that was stamped on his memory.
25. To affix an adhesive stamp to (an envelope, for example).

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Examples

“The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs.”

“Just then there was a sound of footsteps, and the Boy ran past near them, and with a stamp of feet and a flash of white tails the two strange rabbits disappeared.”

“My passport has quite a collection of stamps.”

“She loved to make designs with her collection of stamps.”

“Close to the register is a box of stamps adorned with logos of local business, including one for B cup cafe around the block.”

“I need one first-class stamp to send this letter.”

“Now that commerce is done electronically, tax stamps are no longer issued here.”

“These stamps have a Christmas theme.”

“the stamp of criminality”

“It is trial and examination must give it price, and not any antique fashion; and though it be not yet current by the public stamp, yet it may, for all that, be as old as nature, and is certainly not the less genuine.”

“At a short distance from her were a pair of bathers of a very different stamp, if their operations deserved the name of bathing at all, viz., two girls on the confines of womanhood, presenting strong contrast to each other […]”

“Now, the horses at that period were all of a sturdy stamp[…]”

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