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
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 →
- 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
- 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.
- Soon the two butterflies are quarrelling again, and the Wife cries «Stamp!
- Stamp!» The Butterfly flies back to Suleiman in a panic: now his wife will laugh at him for ever.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «stamp» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.