📮 A payment sticker ✅ An official mark 🔲 To press a mark 🖋️ A marking tool ✉️ To add postage 👣 To step hard 🌟 A unique style 🦶 To crush 🏷️ To label ⚒️ A crushing machine

to stamp

40 2.2

To press a design or letters into something with a tool

verb
/stæmp/

: estampar

In their place, a machine was installed in the office that stamped "Approved" on all applications.
stamp designs
stamp a shirt
stamp designs on cloth

Take that color and literally stamp on the lash line.

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Examples

The tokens were usually made of metal and were stamped with designs and quantity.

Academic text (1996)
Their large number and the gold on which they are stamped imply that they were culturally significant.

Academic text (1999)
Just going to stamp it right on top of the base.
Shift option command E to stamp that layer on top.
And I'm just going to stamp this like under each of my eyes.
You know, I'm going to stamp that on and give it a little sweep.
But with this, I'm going to stamp right on my outer corner.
Take that color and literally stamp on the lash line.

NikkieTutorials
Then she took a rubber stamp from a desk drawer, stamped the certificate, and signed it.

Fiction book (1994)
She used the tool to stamp her design onto the fabric.

Synonyms

to mark

vsto stamp

192 1.0

Make a visible line, spot, or sign on a surface

does this specifically by pressing with a tool or machine

to emboss

vsto stamp

Specialized

13 6.8

To raise a design on paper or leather by pressing it

also involves pressing but is not limited to creating raised decoration

to imprint

vsto stamp

12 3.8

To press something so it leaves a mark

focuses on pressing to produce a sign or shape rather than only an image

to impress

vsto stamp

8 4.5

To press a design into a surface

is used more broadly to press a general sign or shape with a tool

to incuse

vsto stamp

Specialized

9.9

To press a design into metal so it sits below the surface

can press signs that sit either above or below the surface level

Antonyms

to erase

144 1.6

Remove marks, writing, or digital files so they are no longer visible

Phrasal Verbs

to stamp out

13 4.2

To stop something completely using strong action

to rubber stamp

Informal

8 4.4

To approve something without real discussion

to date stamp

1 3.0

Mark something with the date to show when it was received or processed

to put one's stamp on

1 6.0

To give something your own style

to stamp down

6.5

Stop something by using force or strict rules

Compounds

food stamp

Archaic

153 2.5

A government card or paper that people with little money use to buy food at certain stores

postage stamp

12 1.0

A small printed sticker you put on a letter to show you paid to send it

stamp of approval

9 3.4

An official sign that shows someone agrees with something

stamp collection

5 2.1

A group of postage stamps that someone collects as a hobby

rubber stamp

Informal

4 5.0

A person or group that approves decisions without real thought

tramp stamp

Offensive

2 8.6

A tattoo on the lower back that many people find suggestive

stamp collecting

2 2.7

A hobby in which people keep and study postage stamps and related items

rubber stamp

1 3.5

A hand tool with a rubber surface that makes a mark when pressed on an ink pad

stamp collector

1 2.6

A person who collects stamps as a hobby or to study them

Stamp Act

1 7.8

A law that puts a paid official stamp on newspapers and legal papers in the American colonies which causes protests

trading stamp

Archaic

1 5.4

A small paper token shops give customers to collect and exchange for goods

stamp duty

1 4.8

A tax you pay on certain legal papers, for example when buying a house

stamp tax

1 7.2

A payment you make by buying an official stamp and putting it on certain documents

revenue stamp

Archaic

5.6

A small piece of sticky paper that shows a government tax is paid

stamp album

2.5

A book with pages for keeping and showing postage stamps

stamp battery

Archaic

9.9

A machine with heavy metal weights that fall to crush rock to get gold

stamp dealer

3.6

A person or shop that buys and sells stamps for collectors

stamp mill

Archaic

9.3

A machine that crushes rock to get metal from it

stamp pad

2.5

A small pad soaked with ink that you press a rubber block on to mark paper

vintage postage stamp

7.8

A small old paper used to pay for sending letters and often kept by collectors

How Deep

to emboss

Specialized

13 6.8

to stamp

40 2.2

to mark

192 1.0

Surface Forms

stamp infinitive

stamped past

stamped past participle

stamping present participle

stamps third person singular

Etymology

To stamp something by pressing with a tool comes from the old word 'to press', and you stamp a design by pushing a shaped tool into the material to leave a clear mark.