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ENGLISH: stamp - CREOLE: tenbre

Overview of noun stamp

The noun stamp has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (2) postage, postage stamp, stamp -- (a token that postal fees have been paid)

2. (1) cast, mold, stamp -- (the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region")

3. (1) stamp -- (a type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed")

4. (1) stamp, impression -- (a symbol that is the result of printing; "he put his stamp on the envelope")

5. stamp, pestle -- (machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores)

6. stamp -- (a block or die used to imprint a mark or design)

7. seal, stamp -- (a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents)

Overview of verb stamp

The verb stamp has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)

1. (3) stomp, stamp, stump -- (walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots")

2. (3) stamp -- (to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps")

3. (1) stamp -- (reveal clearly as having a certain character; "His playing stamps him as a Romantic")

4. (1) stamp -- (affix a stamp to; "Are the letters properly stamped?")

5. (1) pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp -- (treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European")

6. (1) stamp -- (destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny")

7. stamp -- (form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles")

8. stamp -- (crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice")

9. emboss, boss, stamp -- (raise in a relief; "embossed stationary")