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I UK [stæmp] / US noun
Word forms "stamp":
singular stamp plural stamps
1) [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 parcel

a first-class/second-class stamp

a book of stamps (= a set of stamps):

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 something
b) a small piece of paper that some shops give to customers to collect and use later to buy things in the shop
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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 paper
b) a mark that you make with a stamp

Did you get a stamp in your passport?

3) [singular] an act of putting your foot down hard and noisily on something
4) [singular] a particular quality that is clearly noticeable in someone or something
bear the stamp of someone/something:

The film bears the unmistakable stamp of its energetic director.

put your stamp on something:

He has a chance to put his stamp on government policy.

5) [singular] literary a particular type of person or thing

The 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 stamped
1)
a) [intransitive/transitive] to put your foot down hard and noisily on someone or something
stamp 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 angry
stamp 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 stamp

They didn't bother to stamp my passport this time.

stamp something with something:

It was stamped with the words "Made in China".

stamp something on something:

The book had the library's name stamped on the inside cover.

3) [transitive] mainly literary to give something a particular appearance or quality
be stamped with something:

He turned to face her, his features stamped with hostility.

stamp someone as something:

The whole episode had stamped her as a "difficult" client.

4) [transitive] to stick a stamp on an envelope that you are posting
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be stamped on your memory/mind — to be impossible to forget, although you would like to

His face was stamped on Maria's memory.

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