stamp

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verb

/stæmp/

present tense
I/you/we/they	stamp
he/she/it	stamps
present participle	stamping
past tense	stamped
past participle	stamped

Related dictionary definitions

1
[transitive] to stick a stamp on an envelope that you are mailing
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2
[transitive] to put a mark on something using ink and a stamp
They didn’t bother to stamp my passport this time.
stamp something with something:
It was stamped with the words “Made in China.”
stamp something on something:
The book had the library’s name stamped on the inside cover.
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3
[intransitive/transitive] to put your foot down hard and noisily on someone or something
stamp on:
Mary tried to stamp on the spider, but it scuttled away.
He doesn’t seem able to dance without stamping on his partner’s feet.
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1. a.
  [intransitive] to walk putting your feet down hard and noisily on the ground, usually because you are angry
  stamp into/onto/out of etc.:
  Riley suddenly stamped into the editor’s office.
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4
[transitive] mainly literary to give something a particular appearance or quality
stamp someone as something:
The whole episode had stamped her as a “difficult” client.
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phrases

be stamped on your memory/mind
to be impossible to forget, although you would like to
His face was stamped on Maria’s memory.
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stamp your feet
to keep putting one foot down hard and noisily on the ground and then the other in order to make yourself less cold or to make a noise
People were standing around, stamping their feet and rubbing their hands.
The little boy stamped his feet and screamed at his mother.
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stamp your foot
to put your foot down hard and noisily on the ground because you are angry
He stamped his foot angrily.
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