Stamp Synonyms & Definitions

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• StampDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. i.) To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
2. (v. i.) To strike the foot forcibly downward.
3. (n.) The act of stamping, as with the foot.
4. (v. t.) Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.
5. (v. i.) Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
6. (n.) The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
7. (v. t.) Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
8. (v. i.) To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
9. (n.) The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
10. (v. i.) To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
11. (v. i.) To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
12. (v. i.) To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.
13. (v. t.) A half-penny.
14. (v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush.
15. (v. t.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.
16. (v. t.) A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.
17. (v. t.) An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.
18. (v. t.) A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.
19. (v. i.) To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
20. (v. t.) A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing.
21. (v. t.) Money, esp. paper money.
22. (n.) that which is marked; a thing stamped.

• StampedDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Stamp

• StampedeDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse; as, a stampede to the gold regions; a stampede in a convention.
2. (v. t.) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
3. (v. t.) A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
4. (v. i.) To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.