stamp

Definitions


[stamp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- bring down (one's foot) heavily on the ground or on something on the ground
(e.g: he stamped his foot in frustration)

- impress a pattern or mark on (a surface, object, or document) using an engraved or inked block or die
(e.g: the woman stamped my passport)

- fix a postage stamp or stamps on to (a letter)
(e.g: Annie stamped the envelope for her)

- crush or pulverize (ore)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘crush to a powder’): of Germanic origin; related to German stampfen ‘stamp with the foot’; reinforced by Old French estamper ‘to stamp’. Compare with stomp


[stamp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an instrument for stamping a pattern or mark, in particular an engraved or inked block or die

- a small adhesive piece of paper stuck to something to show that an amount of money has been paid, in particular a postage stamp
(e.g: a first-class stamp)

- an act or sound of stamping with the foot
(e.g: the stamp of boots on the bare floor)

- a block for crushing ore in a stamp mill


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘crush to a powder’): of Germanic origin; related to German stampfen ‘stamp with the foot’; reinforced by Old French estamper ‘to stamp’. Compare with stomp




definition by Oxford Dictionaries