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Imprint and Stamp Definitions

Imprint

To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure.

Stamp

To bring down (the foot) forcibly.

Imprint

To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure.

Stamp

To bring the foot down onto (an object or surface) forcibly.

Imprint

To impart a strong or vivid impression of
"We imprint our own ideas onto acts" (Ellen Goodman).
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Stamp

To cause to be dislodged by stomping the feet
He stamped the snow from his boots.

Imprint

To fix firmly, as in the mind
He tried to imprint the telephone number in his memory.

Stamp

To subdue, destroy, or eliminate
Stamped the rebellion.
Stamp out a fire.

Imprint

To cause (a very young animal) to recognize and be attracted to another animal or to an object identified as the parent. Often used with on.

Stamp

To crush or grind with a heavy instrument
Stamp ore.
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Imprint

To modify (a gene) chemically, as by DNA methylation, affecting the gene's expression in offspring.

Stamp

To form or cut out by application of a mold, form, or die
Washers that were stamped from a piece of sheet metal.

Imprint

To become imprinted on another animal or on an object identified as the parent. Used of newborn or very young animals. Often used with on
Lab animals that imprint on researchers.

Stamp

To imprint or impress with a mark, design, or seal
Stamp a passport.

Imprint

A mark or pattern produced by imprinting; an impression.

Stamp

To impress forcibly or permanently
An experience that was stamped on his memory.

Imprint

A distinguishing influence or effect
Spanish architecture that shows the imprint of Islamic rule.

Stamp

To affix an adhesive stamp to (an envelope, for example).

Imprint

A chemical modification of a gene affecting the gene's expression in offspring.

Stamp

To identify, characterize, or reveal
Stamped her as a traitor to the cause.

Imprint

A publisher's name, often with the date, address, and edition, printed at the bottom of a title page of a publication.

Stamp

To thrust the foot forcibly downward
Stamp on the brake pedal.

Imprint

A publishing business with a unique name, usually owned by a larger publishing firm
Started a paperback imprint for young-adult novels.

Stamp

To walk with forcible, heavy steps.

Imprint

An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
The day left an imprint in my mind.

Stamp

The act of stamping.

Imprint

The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.

Stamp

An implement or device used to impress, cut out, or shape something to which it is applied.

Imprint

A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.
The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.

Stamp

An impression or shape formed by such an implement or device.

Imprint

To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.

Stamp

An official mark, design, or seal that indicates ownership, approval, completion, or the payment of a tax.

Imprint

To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.

Stamp

A small piece of gummed paper sold by a government for attachment to an article that is to be mailed; a postage stamp.

Imprint

To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.

Stamp

A similar piece of gummed paper issued for a specific purpose
Trading stamps.

Imprint

To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.

Stamp

An identifying or characterizing mark or impression
His work bears the stamp of genius.

Imprint

To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something).
Nature imprints upon whate'er we see,That has a heart and life in it, "Be free."

Stamp

Characteristic nature or quality
A person of her stamp.

Imprint

To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress.
Ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind.

Stamp

An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs.

Imprint

To create or acquire (a behavioral pattern) by the process of imprinting.

Stamp

An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.
My passport has quite a collection of stamps.

Imprint

Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet.

Stamp

A device for stamping designs.
She loved to make designs with her collection of stamps.

Imprint

A distinctive influence;
English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion

Stamp

A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.
I need one first-class stamp to send this letter.
Now that commerce is done electronically, tax stamps are no longer issued here.

Imprint

A concavity in a surface produced by pressing;
He left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud

Stamp

A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
These stamps have a Christmas theme.

Imprint

An identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page;
The book was publsihed under a distinguished imprint

Stamp

A tattoo.

Imprint

An impression produced by pressure or printing

Stamp

(slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide.

Imprint

A device produced by pressure on a surface

Stamp

A kind of heavy pestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushing ores.

Imprint

Establish or impress firmly in the mind;
We imprint our ideas onto our children

Stamp

Cast; form; character; distinguishing mark or sign; evidence.
The stamp of criminality

Imprint

Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure;
To make a batik, you impress a design with wax

Stamp

(intransitive) To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
The toddler screamed and stamped, but still got no candy.

Stamp

(transitive) To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
The crowd cheered and stamped their feet in appreciation.

Stamp

(transitive) To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

Stamp

(transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
This machine stamps the metal cover with a design.
This machine stamps the design into the metal cover.

Stamp

(transitive) To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
The immigration officer stamped my passport.

Stamp

(transitive) To apply postage stamps to.
I forgot to stamp this letter.

Stamp

To mark; to impress.

Stamp

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.

Stamp

To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.

Stamp

To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small.

Stamp

To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.

Stamp

Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
God . . . has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being.

Stamp

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.

Stamp

To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.

Stamp

To strike; to beat; to crush.
These cooks how they stamp and strain and grind.

Stamp

To strike the foot forcibly downward.
But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and dies.

Stamp

The act of stamping, as with the foot.

Stamp

The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
'T is gold so pureIt can not bear the stamp without alloy.

Stamp

The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
That sacred name gives ornament and grace,And, like his stamp, makes basest metals pass.

Stamp

That which is marked; a thing stamped.
Hanging a golden stamp about their necks.

Stamp

A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.
At Venice they put out very curious stamps of the several edifices which are most famous for their beauty and magnificence.

Stamp

An official 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.

Stamp

A stamped or printed device, usually paper, 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 tax stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.

Stamp

An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.

Stamp

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.
Of the same stamp is that which is obtruded on us, that an adamant suspends the attraction of the loadstone.

Stamp

Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
A soldier of this season's stamp.

Stamp

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 beating.

Stamp

A half-penny.

Stamp

Money, esp. paper money.

Stamp

A token that postal fees have been paid

Stamp

The distinctive form in which a thing is made;
Pottery of this cast was found throughout the region

Stamp

A type or class;
More men of his stamp are needed

Stamp

A symbol that is the result of printing;
He put his stamp on the envelope

Stamp

Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores

Stamp

A block or die used to imprint a mark or design

Stamp

A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

Stamp

Walk heavily;
The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots

Stamp

To mark, or produce an imprint in or on something;
A man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps

Stamp

Reveal clearly as having a certain character;
His playing stamps him as a Romantic

Stamp

Affix a stamp to;
Are the letters properly stamped?

Stamp

Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype;
I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European

Stamp

Destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot;
Stamp fascism into submission
Stamp out tyranny

Stamp

Form or cut out with a mold, form, or die;
Stamp needles

Stamp

Crush or grind with a heavy instrument;
Stamp fruit extract the juice

Stamp

Raise in a relief;
Embossed stationary

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