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- I UK [stæmp] / US
noun
Word forms "stamp":
singular stamp plural stamps1) [countable] a small official piece of paper that you buy and stick on an envelope to pay for the cost of posting a letter or a parcela book of stamps (= a set of stamps):a first-class/second-class stamp
A book of second-class stamps, please.
a) British a small official piece of paper that you buy and collect as a way of paying for somethingb) a small piece of paper that some shops give to customers to collect and use later to buy things in the shop••See:2)a) [countable] a small tool with a pattern or writing on one side that you press into ink and use for printing a mark on paperb) a mark that you make with a stampDid you get a stamp in your passport?
3) [singular] an act of putting your foot down hard and noisily on something4) [singular] a particular quality that is clearly noticeable in someone or somethingbear the stamp of someone/something:put your stamp on something:The film bears the unmistakable stamp of its energetic director.
He has a chance to put his stamp on government policy.
5) [singular] literary a particular type of person or thingThe son was a man of a very different stamp.
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II UK [stæmp] / US verb
Word forms "stamp":
present tense I/you/we/they stamp he/she/it stamps present participle stamping past tense stamped past participle stamped1)a) [intransitive/transitive] to put your foot down hard and noisily on someone or somethingstamp on:Mary tried to stamp on the spider, but it scuttled away.
He doesn't seem able to dance without stamping on his partner's feet.
b) [intransitive] to walk putting your feet down hard and noisily on the ground, usually because you are angrystamp into/onto/out of etc:Riley suddenly stamped into the editor's office.
2) [transitive] to put a mark on something using ink and a stampstamp something with something:They didn't bother to stamp my passport this time.
stamp something on something:It was stamped with the words "Made in China".
The book had the library's name stamped on the inside cover.
3) [transitive] mainly literary to give something a particular appearance or qualitybe stamped with something:stamp someone as something:He turned to face her, his features stamped with hostility.
The whole episode had stamped her as a "difficult" client.
4) [transitive] to stick a stamp on an envelope that you are posting•be stamped on your memory/mind
— to be impossible to forget, although you would like toPhrasal verbs:His face was stamped on Maria's memory.
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English dictionary. 2014.