stamp
n 1: the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of
this cast was found throughout the region" [syn: {cast},
{mold}]
2: a type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed"
3: a symbol that is the result of printing; "he put his stamp
on the envelope" [syn: {impression}]
4: a token that postal fees have been paid [syn: {postage}, {postage
stamp}]
5: a heavy bar that moves vertically for crushing ores [syn: {pestle}]
6: a block or die used to imprint a mark or design
7: a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a
closing or to authenticate documents [syn: {seal}]
v 1: walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow i their
heavy boots" [syn: {stomp}, {stump}]
2: to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something: "a man
whose name is permanently stamped on our maps,"
3: reveal clearly as having a certain character: "His playing
stamps him as a Romantic"
4: affix a stamp to, as of letters
5: treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was
stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" [syn: {pigeonhole},
{stereotype}]
6: destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot;
"Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny"
7: raise in a relief; "embossed stationary" [syn: {emboss}, {boss}]