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a block or die used to imprint a mark or design machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores a symbol that is the result of printing; "he put his stamp on the envelope" a type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed" destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny" to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps" affix a stamp to; "Are the letters properly stamped?" crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice" form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles" reveal clearly as having a certain character; "His playing stamps him as a Romantic" a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots" a token that postal fees have been paid the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" raise in a relief; "embossed stationary" |
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