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imprint

imprint

22 4.2
A mark made when something presses into a surface or the tool that makes it
  • noun
  • /ˈɪmprɪnt/
translation icon : marca
  • The bread was heavily floured and carried the imprint of something like trilobites.
  • leave an imprint
  • bear the imprint
  • imprint of the body

Then about the stamp again, I would have liked the imprints to be deeper.

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Examples

  • We can make out the imprint of the note to Walker on the backing page.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • As she leaves the room, we notice the dirty imprint of a boot below the window.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The imprint is in the wood.

    Daredevil (2003)

  • I'm going to lay down on the floor and I'm going to see if my body imprint will stay here.

  • Her mouth still bore the imprint of his, and she could taste him on her lips.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • All that remained was a deep imprint of her body and broom.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • They say it takes you five years for your mattress to lose its imprint.

    Rich and Famous (1981)

  • Tears rolled down her cheeks, over the spot bearing the imprint of her mother's hand.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • An official seal stamps down on the document, leaving the circular imprint: MARS FEDERAL COLONY/CONFEDERATION OF NORTHERN NATIONS.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The child's footprint left an imprint in the sand during the low tide.

Synonyms

print
vsimprint
419 2.0

A mark left on a surface by a hand, foot, or paw

also includes the tool that makes such marks, not only the mark
impression
vsimprint
  • Specialized
52 4.1

A mark left on a surface when something presses into it

also names the tool that makes the mark rather than only the mark
handprint
vsimprint
24 2.5

A mark left by a hand pressed on a surface showing its shape

is a general mark made by pressure or a tool, not only hand marks
depression
vsimprint
5 4.2

A small hollow or pressed down area on a surface

refers to the mark made by pressure or to the tool that makes it
embossment
vsimprint
  • Specialized
8.3

A raised design on a surface made by pressing or stamping

describes a mark made by pressure, usually an indentation not a raised design

How Noticeable

print
419 2.0
imprint
22 4.2
mark
468 1.0
to smudge
30 3.7

Surface Forms

imprint singular
imprints plural

Morphology

imprint = print (transparent) = im + print

The physical sense is a direct result of 'im-' (in/into) + 'print' meaning a mark made by pressing, so the relation is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Imprint comes from the Latin parts in- 'in' and primere 'to press', the same idea behind press and print, so an imprint is a mark left by pressure on a surface.