(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ or a postage ~ is a small piece of paper which you lick and stick on an envelope or package before you post it to pay for the cost of the postage.
...a book of ~s...
...two first class ~s.
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see also food ~
2.
A ~ 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 ~.
...a date ~ and an ink pad...
You may live only where the ~ in your passport says you may.
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3.
If you ~ a mark or word on an object, you press the mark or word onto the object using a ~ or other device.
Car manufacturers ~ a vehicle identification number at several places on new cars to help track down stolen vehicles...
‘Eat before JULY 14’ was ~ed on the label.
VERB: V n prep, V n prep
4.
If you ~ or ~ 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 ~ed and screamed, feeling furiously helpless...
His foot ~ed down on the accelerator...
She ~ed her feet on the pavement to keep out the cold.
VERB: V, V adv/prep, V n prep/adv, also V n
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Stamp is also a noun.
...hearing the creak of a door and the ~ of cold feet.
N-COUNT: usu sing
5.
If you ~ 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 ~ed out of the bedroom...
= stomp
VERB: V prep/adv
6.
If you ~ on something, you put your foot down on it very hard.
He received the original ban last week after ~ing on the referee’s foot during the supercup final.
VERB: V on n
7.
If something bears the ~ of a particular quality or person, it clearly has that quality or was done by that person.
Most of us want to make our home a familiar place and put the ~ of our personality on its walls.
= mark
N-SING: usu the N of n
8.
see also rubber ~