stamp

walk heavily

• “The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots”

to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something

• “a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps”

reveal clearly as having a certain character

• “His playing stamps him as a Romantic”

affix a stamp to

• “Are the letters properly stamped?”

treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

• “I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European”

destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot

• “Stamp fascism into submission”
• “stamp out tyranny”

form or cut out with a mold, form, or die

• “stamp needles”

crush or grind with a heavy instrument

• “stamp fruit extract the juice”

raise in a relief

• “embossed stationary”

a token that postal fees have been paid

the distinctive form in which a thing is made

• “pottery of this cast was found throughout the region”

a type or class

• “more men of his stamp are needed”

a symbol that is the result of printing

• “he put his stamp on the envelope”

machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores

a block or die used to imprint a mark or design

a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents