| word | stamp |
|---|---|
| definition | noun A stamp or a postage stamp is a small piece of paper which you stick on an envelope or package before you post it to pay for the cost of the postage. ...a book of stamps. It's FREEPOST, so there's no need for a stamp. ...two first class stamps. A stamp is a small block of wood or metal which has a pattern or a group of letters on one side. You press it onto an pad of ink and then onto a piece of paper in order to produce a mark on the paper. The mark that you produce is also called a stamp . ...a date stamp and an ink pad. You may live only where the stamp in your passport says you may. If something bears the stamp of a particular quality or person, it clearly has that quality or was done by that person. ...lawns and flowerbeds that bore the stamp of years of confident care. Most of us want to put the stamp of our personality on our home. verb If you stamp a mark or word on an object, you press the mark or word onto the object using a stamp or other device. Car manufacturers stamp a vehicle identification number in several places. When a gift voucher is exchanged it's stamped with the details of the store. 'Eat before JULY 14' was stamped on the label. If you stamp or stamp your foot, you lift your foot and put it down very hard on the ground, for example because you are angry or because your feet are cold . Often he teased me till my temper went and I stamped and screamed. His foot stamped down on the accelerator. She stamped her feet on the pavement to keep out the cold. ...hearing the creak of a door and the stamp of cold feet. If you stamp somewhere, you walk there putting your feet down very hard on the ground because you are angry. 'I'm going before things get any worse!' he shouted as he stamped out of the bedroom. Overweight and sweating in the humid weather, she stamped from room to room. If you stamp on something, you put your foot down on it very hard. He received the original ban last week after stamping on the referee's foot during the supercup final. A quality, feature, or action that stamps someone or something as a particular thing shows clearly that they are this thing. Chris Boardman stamped himself as the 4,000m favourite by setting the world's fastest outdoor time in Barcelona last night. |
| inflections | stampsstampingstampedstomp |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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