stamp
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 →
2) A stamp is a tool that prints a mark or picture with ink, or the mark it makes. tree →
3) To stamp is to put your foot down hard and loudly: stamp your feet. tree →
4) To stamp something is to press a mark on it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah it means to mark or impress, as if pressing a seal into a thing. Here God stamped the letters into the storms of the air. In the Prophets it also means to strike the ground with the feet, as horses' hooves do in battle, or to trample enemies like mud. Interpretation: It expresses the idea that God fixed the letters into the elements of the world, like a seal pressed into wax. They are the pattern behind creation. In Deborah's song and in David's psalm the stamping is a picture of victory over enemies. In the primary 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
- God has carried these through waters, He has borne them aloft through fire, and He has stamped them in the storms of the air; He has distributed them among the seven stars, and has assigned them to twelve celestial constellations. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- Then did the horsehoofs stamp by reason of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones. (Prophets JDG.5.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- For every boot stamped with fierceness, and every cloak rolled in blood, shall even be for burning, for fuel of fire. (Prophets ISA.9.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down. (Prophets 2SA.22.43, JPS 1917) tree →
- There are 4 stamps on the table and 10 stamps in the box. tree →
- Sam keeps 3 stamps and gives the rest to Mia. tree →
- A stamp costs 5 cents. tree →
- Put a stamp on the envelope before you post it. tree →
- Grandpa collects stamps from many countries. tree →
- The teacher stamped a star on my work. tree →
- The little boy stamped his feet in the puddle. tree →
- Stamp your feet to keep warm. tree →
- Rama, the King of the Buffaloes, stamped with his foot. tree →
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
- Then did the horsehoofs stamp by reason of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.
- For every boot stamped with fierceness, and every cloak rolled in blood, shall even be for burning, for fuel of fire.
- Dabke is a line dance from the Levant, including Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan, with linked hands and stamping feet.
- A North American porcupine has about 30,000 quills, and it rattles them and stamps as a warning first.
- At last, right above their heads, they hear cheering, stamping and glasses clinking — the weasels' party.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «stamp» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.