STAMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stamp mean? 

• STAMP (noun)
  The noun STAMP has 9 senses:

1. the distinctive form in which a thing is made

2. a type or class

3. a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving

4. a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid

5. something that can be used as an official medium of payment

6. a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid

7. machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores

8. a block or die used to imprint a mark or design

9. a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

  Familiarity information: STAMP used as a noun is familiar.

• STAMP (verb)
  The verb STAMP has 9 senses:

1. walk heavily

2. to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something

3. reveal clearly as having a certain character

4. affix a stamp to

5. treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

6. destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot

7. form or cut out with a mold, form, or die

8. crush or grind with a heavy instrument

9. raise in a relief

  Familiarity information: STAMP used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The distinctive form in which a thing is made

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

cast; mold; mould; stamp

Context example:

pottery of this cast was found throughout the region

Hypernyms ("stamp" is a kind of...):

solid (a three-dimensional shape)

Derivation:

stamp (form or cut out with a mold, form, or die)

stamp (reveal clearly as having a certain character)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A type or class

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

more men of his stamp are needed

Hypernyms ("stamp" is a kind of...):

category; class; family (a collection of things sharing a common attribute)

Derivation:

stamp (treat or classify according to a mental stereotype)

stamp (reveal clearly as having a certain character)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A symbol that is the result of printing or engraving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

impression; stamp

Context example:

he put his stamp on the envelope

Hypernyms ("stamp" is a kind of...):

symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stamp"):

embossment; imprint (an impression produced by pressure or printing)

seal (a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it))

Derivation:

stamp (to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something)

stamp (raise in a relief)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

postage; postage stamp; stamp

Hypernyms ("stamp" is a kind of...):

item; token (an individual instance of a type of symbol)

Derivation:

stamp (affix a stamp to)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Something that can be used as an official medium of payment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

legal tender; stamp; tender

Hypernyms ("stamp" is a kind of...):

medium of exchange; monetary system (anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stamp"):

food stamp (a government-issued stamp that can be used in exchange for food)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

revenue stamp; stamp

Hypernyms ("stamp" is a kind of...):

piece of paper; sheet; sheet of paper (paper used for writing or printing)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pestle; stamp

Hypernyms ("stamp" is a kind of...):

machine (any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks)

Holonyms ("stamp" is a part of...):

battery; stamp battery (a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores)

Derivation:

stamp (crush or grind with a heavy instrument)

Sense 8

Meaning:

A block or die used to imprint a mark or design

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stamp" is a kind of...):

die (a device used for shaping metal)

Derivation:

stamp (raise in a relief)

Sense 9

Meaning:

A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

seal; stamp

Hypernyms ("stamp" is a kind of...):

device (any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stamp"):

bulla (the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull)

cachet (a seal on a letter)

great seal (the principal seal of a government, symbolizing authority or sovereignty)

handstamp; rubber stamp (a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand)

signet (a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially))

Derivation:

stamp (raise in a relief)

• STAMP (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk heavily

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

stamp; stomp; stump

Context example:

The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots

Hypernyms (to "stamp" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The children stamp to the playground

Derivation:

stamper (someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To mark, or produce an imprint in or on something

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps

Hypernyms (to "stamp" is one way to...):

impress; imprint (mark or stamp with or as if with pressure)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stamp"):

date; date stamp (stamp with a date)

handstamp; rubberstamp (stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document)

frank; postmark (stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

stamp (a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Reveal clearly as having a certain character

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

His playing stamps him as a Romantic

Hypernyms (to "stamp" is one way to...):

characterise; characterize; qualify (describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

stamp (a type or class)

stamp (the distinctive form in which a thing is made)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Affix a stamp to

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

Are the letters properly stamped?

Hypernyms (to "stamp" is one way to...):

affix; stick on (attach to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stamp"):

meter (stamp with a meter indicating the postage)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

stamp (a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

pigeonhole; stamp; stereotype

Context example:

I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European

Hypernyms (to "stamp" is one way to...):

assort; class; classify; separate; sort; sort out (arrange or order by classes or categories)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

stamp (a type or class)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

stamp out tyranny

Hypernyms (to "stamp" is one way to...):

extinguish; snuff out (put an end to; kill)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Form or cut out with a mold, form, or die

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

stamp needles

Hypernyms (to "stamp" is one way to...):

forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work (make something, usually for a specific function)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stamp (the distinctive form in which a thing is made)

stamper (a power tool that stamps)

stamper (a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine))

Sense 8

Meaning:

Crush or grind with a heavy instrument

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

stamp fruit extract the juice

Hypernyms (to "stamp" is one way to...):

crush; mash; squash; squeeze; squelch (to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stamp (machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Raise in a relief

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

boss; emboss; stamp

Context example:

embossed stationery

Hypernyms (to "stamp" is one way to...):

impress; imprint (mark or stamp with or as if with pressure)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stamp"):

block (stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stamp (a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents)

stamp (a block or die used to imprint a mark or design)

stamp (a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving)

 Context examples 

He stamped the snow from his boots.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“But I have yet to stamp upon others with them.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Generation by generation, down all the generations, had this fear of the Wild been stamped into their natures.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“Do you not see, sir, it is broken? much as if a man had stamped on it.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

When Miss Dartle spoke again, it was through her set teeth, and with a stamp upon the ground.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

If only he had stamps for them!

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

If you can give me a envelope with a stamp on it, and put yer address on it, I'll find out where Sam is to be found and post it ye to-night.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

There is a seal of red wax stamped with a crouching lion.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Tilney says it is always the case with minds of a certain stamp.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

She saw it only as folly, and that folly stamped only by exposure.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)