stamp

/stæmp/
Noun
  1. a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
  2. a block or die used to imprint a mark or design
  3. machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
  4. a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid
  5. something that can be used as an official medium of payment
  6. a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid
  7. a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
    • he put his stamp on the envelope
  8. a type or class
    • more men of his stamp are needed
  9. the distinctive form in which a thing is made
    • pottery of this cast was found throughout the region
Verb
  1. raise in a relief
    • embossed stationery
  2. crush or grind with a heavy instrument
    • stamp fruit extract the juice
  3. form or cut out with a mold, form, or die
    • stamp needles
  4. destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot
    • Stamp fascism into submission
    • stamp out tyranny
  5. treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
    • I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European
  6. affix a stamp to
    • Are the letters properly stamped?
  7. reveal clearly as having a certain character
    • His playing stamps him as a Romantic
  8. to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something
    • a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps
  9. walk heavily
    • The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots

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He carefully placed a stamp on the corner of the envelope.