imprint

«imprint» in Mova's school dictionary: a mark or shape pressed into a surface, like a footprint… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an imprint, imprints); verb (imprint, imprints, imprinted, imprinting)

meaning for a pupil

1) An imprint is a mark or shape pressed into a surface, like a footprint in mud. tree →

2) An imprint is a lasting effect that something leaves on a person or a place. tree →

3) To imprint something is to press or print a mark onto it. tree →

4) To imprint something on your mind is to fix it firmly in your memory. tree →

5) (books) A publisher's imprint is the brand name it puts on a book. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons fossils are often imprints of leaves, shells or footprints in rock. In stories an experience «leaves its imprint» on someone. In everyday life a coin or a stamp can be imprinted with a design. In biology, a young animal can imprint on its mother (see «imprinting»). Phrases: «leave an imprint», «imprinted on my memory», «an imprint of».

examples

• The dinosaur left an imprint of its foot in the mud. tree →
• The fossil is the imprint of a fern. tree →
• The face of the queen is imprinted on the coin. tree →
• That holiday left a happy imprint on all of us. tree →
• The phone number is imprinted on my mind. tree →
• Her hand left an imprint in the wet clay. tree →
• This book is published under a children's imprint. tree →
• The proprietor of the house stood bare-headed, and respectfully imprinted a kiss on the hand of the old woman. tree →

note

Stress differs: noun «IM-print», verb «im-PRINT». Past form «imprinted». Countable noun. Similar to «print» and «impression».

In the corpora

• Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor imprint any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «imprint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.