n.

1. a token that postal fees have been paid;
   postage, postage stamp
2. the distinctive form in which a thing is made;
   cast, mold
   
   • pottery of this cast was found throughout the region
3. a type or class
   
   • more men of his stamp are needed
4. a symbol that is the result of printing;
   impression
   
   • he put his stamp on the envelope
5. machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores;
   pestle
6. a block or die used to imprint a mark or design
7. a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents;
   seal

v.

1. walk heavily;
   stomp, stump
   
   • The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots
2. to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something
   
   • a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps
3. reveal clearly as having a certain character
   
   • His playing stamps him as a Romantic
4. affix a stamp to
   
   • Are the letters properly stamped?
5. treat or classify according to a mental stereotype;
   pigeonhole, stereotype
   
   • I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European
6. destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot
   
   • Stamp fascism into submission
   • stamp out tyranny
7. form or cut out with a mold, form, or die
   
   • stamp needles
8. crush or grind with a heavy instrument
   
   • stamp fruit extract the juice
9. raise in a relief;
   emboss, boss
   
   • embossed stationary