stamp

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stamp Definition

(n) a token that postal fees have been paid
(n) the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region"
(n) a type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed"
(n) a symbol that is the result of printing; "he put his stamp on the envelope"
(n) machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
(n) a block or die used to imprint a mark or design
(n) a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
(v) walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"
(v) to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps"
(v) reveal clearly as having a certain character; "His playing stamps him as a Romantic"
(v) affix a stamp to; "Are the letters properly stamped?"
(v) treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"
(v) destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny"
(v) form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles"
(v) crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice"
(v) raise in a relief; "embossed stationary"

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