stamp
[noun]
Synonyms:
- imprint, brand, earmark, hallmark, mark, signature
[verb]
Synonyms:
- trample, crush
- identify, brand, categorize, label, mark, reveal, show to be
- imprint, impress, mark, print

---

Related Idioms: impress on the mind
Related Words: clomp, clump, stump, etch, imprint, infix, inscribe, print

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. stamp¹ S2 /stæmp/ noun [countable]

1. MAIL (also postage stamp formal) a small piece of paper that you buy and stick onto an envelope or package before posting it:
a 29-cent stamp
Richard collects stamps.
a second-class stamp

2.
PRINTED MARK a tool for pressing or printing a mark or pattern onto a surface, or the mark made by this tool:
a date stamp
a passport stamp

3. the stamp of something if something has the stamp of a particular quality, it clearly has that quality:
The speech bore (=had) the stamp of authority.

4. PAYMENT British English a small piece of paper that is worth a particular amount of money and is bought and collected for something over a period of time:
television licence stamps

5. TAX British English a piece of paper for sticking to some official papers to show that British tax has been paid

6. of ... stamp formal someone with a particular kind of character:
He’s clearly of a very different stamp.

7. WITH FOOT an act of stamping, especially with your foot:
an angry stamp
⇒ food stamp

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. stamp² S1 W1 verb
[Date: 1100-1200; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English stampian 'to crush']

1. PUT FOOT DOWN [intransitive and transitive] to put your foot down onto the ground loudly and with a lot of force:
The audience stamped and shouted.
‘I will not!’ Bert yelled and stamped his foot (=because he was angry).
She stood at the bus stop stamping her feet (=because she was cold).
stamp on somebody/something (=try to hurt or kill someone or something, by putting your foot down onto them)
Marta shrieked and started stamping on the cockroach.

2. WALK NOISILY [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk somewhere in a noisy way by putting your feet down hard onto the ground because you are angry Synonym : stomp
stamp around/out of/off etc
My mother stamped off down the stairs.

3. MAKE A MARK [transitive] to put a pattern, sign, or letters on something, using a special tool:
The woman at the desk stamped my passport.
Among the papers was a brown folder stamped ‘SECRET’.
stamp something on something
Stamp the date on all the letters.

4. AFFECT SOMEBODY/SOMETHING [transitive] to have an important or permanent effect on someone or something:
The experience remained stamped on her memory for many years.
stamp somebody with something
His army years had stamped him with an air of brisk authority.

5. MAIL [transitive] to stick a stamp onto a letter, parcel etc
stamp somebody as something phrasal verb
to show that someone has a particular type of character:
It was his manners that stamped him as a real gentleman.
stamp on somebody/something phrasal verb
to use force or your authority to stop someone from doing something, or stop something from happening, especially in an unfair way:
Officers were given orders to stamp on any hint of trouble.
stamp something ↔ out phrasal verb

1. to prevent something bad from continuing:
We aim to stamp out poverty in our lifetimes.

2. to stop a fire from burning by stepping hard on the flames

3. to make a shape or object by pressing hard on something using a machine or tool

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

stamp
noun
I. on a letter/package
ADJ. postage | first-class, second-class | Christmas, commemorative
QUANT. book, set, sheet a book of ten first-class stamps
VERB + STAMP put on, stick on She stuck a first-class stamp on the letter.
lick, moisten | issue, launch The Post Office has launched some new Christmas stamps.
collect
STAMP + NOUN album, collecting, collector

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

stamp
II. instrument for stamping a design, etc. on a surface
ADJ. official | date

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

stamp
III. character/quality
ADJ. unmistakable
VERB + STAMP bear, carry His work bears the unmistakable stamp of genius.
leave, put She left her stamp on the school.
PREP. ~ of the stamp of authority

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

stamp
verb
ADV. hard | impatiently She stamped her foot impatiently.
about, around, down, off He stamped off in disgust.
PREP. on She stamped on my toe!

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

stamp
stæmp
See: savings stamp , trading stamp

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲