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stamp

From Wiktionary
stamp is on the Basic English 850 List.
stage - stamp - star

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Singular
stamp

Plural
stamps

  1. (countable) A little coloured square of paper that someone sticks to a letter when they want to send the letter.
    The stamp goes in the upper right part of the outside of the letter.
  2. (countable) Any embossed sign or mark on a document.
    Deeds to a house have excise duty stamps attached.

Verb

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Plain form
stamp

Third-person singular
stamps

Past tense
stamped

Past participle
stamped

Present participle
stamping

  1. To place a stamp.
    She stamped the sign of her company on the lower part of the letter.
  2. To bring the heel of the foot sharply down on the floor.
    She stamped her pretty little foot.
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