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    STAMP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    seal; stamp

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A block or die used to imprint a mark or designplay

    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 3

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    pestle; stamp

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    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 4

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    postage; postage stamp; stamp

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    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:

    A symbol that is the result of printing or engravingplay

    Example:

    he put his stamp on the envelope

    Synonyms:

    impression; stamp

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    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 6

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    revenue stamp; stamp

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

    Sense 7

    Meaning:

    A type or classplay

    Example:

    more men of his stamp are needed

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    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 8

    Meaning:

    Something that can be used as an official medium of paymentplay

    Synonyms:

    legal tender; stamp; tender

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

    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 9

    Meaning:

    The distinctive form in which a thing is madeplay

    Example:

    pottery of this cast was found throughout the region

    Synonyms:

    cast; mold; mould; stamp

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

    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)

     II. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they stamp  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it stamps  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: stamped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: stamped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: stamping  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the footplay

    Example:

    stamp out tyranny

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    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 2

    Meaning:

    Treat or classify according to a mental stereotypeplay

    Example:

    I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European

    Synonyms:

    pigeonhole; stamp; stereotype

    Classified under:

    Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

    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 3

    Meaning:

    To mark, or produce an imprint in or on somethingplay

    Example:

    a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    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 4

    Meaning:

    Affix a stamp toplay

    Example:

    Are the letters properly stamped?

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    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:

    Raise in a reliefplay

    Example:

    embossed stationery

    Synonyms:

    boss; emboss; stamp

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    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)

    Sense 6

    Meaning:

    Crush or grind with a heavy instrumentplay

    Example:

    stamp fruit extract the juice

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    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 7

    Meaning:

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

    Example:

    stamp needles

    Classified under:

    Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

    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:

    Walk heavilyplay

    Example:

    The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots

    Synonyms:

    stamp; stomp; stump

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    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 9

    Meaning:

    Reveal clearly as having a certain characterplay

    Example:

    His playing stamps him as a Romantic

    Classified under:

    Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

    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)

    Credits

     Context examples: 

    They stamp him under their feet!

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    I was fairly at the end of my tether at last, and could hardly find the stamps to answer the advertisements or the envelopes to stick them to.

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

    He had a metal plate made, on which was stamped: RETURN TO WALT IRVINE, GLEN ELLEN, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

    (Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

    One day—it was in March, 1883—a letter with a foreign stamp lay upon the table in front of the colonel’s plate.

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

    A good deal of clothing with the stamp of Marx and Co., High Holborn, had been left behind.

    (His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    How they shouted and stamped and raved in their delight!

    (Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    I sprang to my feet and leaped, stamping the coracle under water.

    (Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

    Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Adequately organize his/her correspondence with respect to stationery, address, stamps?

    (DAD - Adequately Organize Correspondence, NCI Thesaurus)

    After Neptune goes direct, you may be recognized for your taste, style, or personality or a project you created that you put your personal stamp upon.

    (AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

    "I can't love anyone else, and I'll never forget you, Jo, Never! Never!" with a stamp to emphasize his passionate words.

    (Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)


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