1. Verb
To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
2. Verb
To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
3. Verb
To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
4. Verb
To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
5. Verb
Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
6. Verb
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.
7. Verb
To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
8. Verb
To strike; to beat; to crush.
9. Verb
To strike the foot forcibly downward.
10. Noun
The act of stamping, as with the foot.
11. Noun
The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
12. Noun
The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
13. Noun
that which is marked; a thing stamped.
14. Verb
A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.
15. Verb
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.
16. Verb
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.
17. Verb
An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.
18. Verb
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.
19. Verb
Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
20. Verb
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. Verb
A half-penny.
22. Verb
Money, esp. paper money.
23. Noun
a type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed"
Vocabulary classified under Biology
24. Noun
machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
Vocabulary classified under Engineering
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