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# stamp

«stamp» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small piece of paper with glue that you stick on a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (stamp, stamps); verb (stamp, stamps, stamped, stamping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A stamp is a small piece of paper with glue that you stick on a letter before posting it, to show the postage is paid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/#m1)

2) A stamp is a tool that prints a mark or picture with ink, or the mark it makes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/#m2)

3) To stamp is to put your foot down hard and loudly: stamp your feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/#m3)

4) To stamp something is to press a mark on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

a thing that is counted («4 stamps on the table and 10 stamps in the box» = add the parts); in everyday life posting letters, stamp collecting, rubber stamps and ink pads in class; «stamp your feet» when angry or cold

### examples

- There are 4 stamps on the table and 10 stamps in the box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/#x1)
- Sam keeps 3 stamps and gives the rest to Mia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/#x2)
- A stamp costs 5 cents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/#x3)
- Put a stamp on the envelope before you post it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/#x4)
- Grandpa collects stamps from many countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/#x5)
- The teacher stamped a star on my work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/#x6)
- The little boy stamped his feet in the puddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/#x7)
- Stamp your feet to keep warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/#x8)
- Rama, the King of the Buffaloes, stamped with his foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/#x9)

### note

The thing being counted; carries no operation clue. Stamps in two places together are added. Trap: «keeps 3 and gives the rest» means the rest = total − 3. «stamp» (foot) and «stomp» mean nearly the same.

### In the corpora

- [Dabke is a line dance from the Levant, including Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan, with linked hands and stamping feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/13/)
- [A North American porcupine has about 30,000 quills, and it rattles them and stamps as a warning first.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons/8/)
- [At last, right above their heads, they hear cheering, stamping and glasses clinking — the weasels' party.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/8/)
- [Soon the two butterflies are quarrelling again, and the Wife cries «Stamp!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends/2/)
- [Stamp!» The Butterfly flies back to Suleiman in a panic: now his wife will laugh at him for ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stamp» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stamp/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.