stamp

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English stampen (“to pound, crush”), from assumed Old English *stampian, variant of Old English stempan (“to crush, pound, pound in mortar, stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, *stampijan, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną, *stampijaną (“to trample, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *stemb- (“to trample down”). Cognate with Dutch stampen (“to stamp, pitch”), German stampfen (“to stamp”), Danish stampe (“to stamp”), Swedish stampa (“to stomp”), Occitan estampar, Polish stąpać (“to step, treat”). See also stomp, step. Marks indicating that postage had been paid were originally made by stamping the item to be mailed; when affixed pieces of paper were introduced for this purpose, the term “stamp” was transferred to cover this new form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stæmp/ Rhymes: -æmp === Noun === stamp (plural stamps) An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof. An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping. A device for imprinting designs. 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. A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work. (slang, figuratively) A tattoo. (slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide. A kind of heavy pestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushing ores. Cast; form; character; distinguishing mark or sign; evidence. ==== Synonyms ==== (paper used to indicate payment has been paid): postage stamp, revenue stamp, tax stamp ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === stamp (third-person singular simple present stamps, present participle stamping, simple past and past participle stamped) (intransitive) To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly. (transitive) To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly. (transitive) To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. (transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily. (transitive) To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol. (transitive) To apply postage stamps to. (transitive, figurative) To mark; to impress. , Book IV, Chapter X God […] has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (pressing with the foot): stomp (mark by pressing quickly and heavily): emboss, dent (give an official marking to): impress, imprint ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === === Anagrams === tamps == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɑmp === Verb === stamp inflection of stampen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === spamt == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -am̥p === Noun === stamp indefinite accusative singular of stampur == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === stamp imperative of stampa == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish stamp, ultimately related to the verb stampa. === Noun === stamp n stamping, stomping (from feet) Synonym: stampande a stamp, a stomp (with the foot) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== stampa === Noun === stamp c a stamp, a pounder (in or of for example a stamp mill) a tool for hole punching or imprinting in metal; a stamp, a die (colloquial, almost always in the singular definite "stampen") a pawnshop Synonym: pantbank ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== myntstamp (“coin die”) sigillstamp (“seal stamp”) ==== Related terms ==== stampa ==== See also ==== stämpel (ink or dye stamps) stans === References === “stamp”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “stamp”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “stamp”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Welsh == === Etymology === From English stamp. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sdamp/, [stampʰ] Rhymes: -amp === Noun === stamp m or f (plural stampiau or stamps, not mutable) stamp (for postage, validation on a document, evidence of payment, etc.) ==== Derived terms ==== stampio (“to stamp”) === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “stamp”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies