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