B2verb · transitive · common

stamp

stamp · stamps · stamped · stamping

вибивати, витискати, ембосувати

топать, топнуть, топтать, штамповать

stempeln, freimachen

To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedlyTo step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.

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/stæmp/

» I collect stamps as a hobby.

Ich sammle Briefmarken als Hobby.

Я собираю марки в качестве хобби.

Я збираю марки в якості хобі.

Meaning

7 senses

(intransitive)To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
The toddler screamed and stamped, but still got no candy.
то́патьtópatʹ, то́пнутьtópnutʹ
walk heavily
(transitive)To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
The crowd cheered and stamped their feet in appreciation.
то́патьtópatʹ, то́пнутьtópnutʹ
(transitive)To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
топтатьtoptatʹ
(transitive)To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
This machine stamps the metal cover with a design.
This machine stamps the design into the metal cover.
штамповатьštampovatʹ
to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something
(transitive)To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
The immigration officer stamped my passport.
stempeln
(transitive)To apply postage stamps to.
I forgot to stamp this letter.
freimachen
(figuratively, transitive)To mark; to impress.
, Book IV, Chapter X God […] has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being.

Examples

408 sentences

I collect stamps as a hobby.
Я збираю марки в якості хобі. — deniko
ruЯ собираю марки в качестве хобби. — Patissier
deIch sammle Briefmarken als Hobby. — al_ex_an_der
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Stick a stamp on the envelope.
Наклей марку на конверт. — f00dconsumer
ruНаклейте марку на конверт. — odexed
deKleben Sie eine Briefmarke auf den Umschlag. — xtofu80
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I need to buy some stamps.
Мені потрібно купити марки. — deniko
ruМне нужно купить марок. — marafon
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I have stamps from many countries.
У мене є марки з багатьох країн. — deniko
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I have a large collection of stamps.
Я маю велику колекцію марок. — brambury
ruУ меня большая коллекция марок. — al_ex_an_der
deIch habe eine große Briefmarkensammlung. — Wolf
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

to step quickly and heavily:

to strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot:

to mark by pressing quickly and heavily:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to give an official marking to:

to apply postage stamps to:

Origin

From Middle English stampen (“to pound, crush”), from assumed Old English *stampian, varia

From Middle English stampen (“to pound, crush”), from assumed Old English *stampian, variant of Old English stempan (“to crush, pound, pound in mortar, stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, *stampijan, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną, *stampijaną (“to trample, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *stemb- (“to trample down”).

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Forms

stamps, stamping, stamped, stamped

Base form	stamp · to stamp
3rd person singular	stamps
Present participle	stamping
Past simple	stamped
Past participle	stamped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	stamp
he, she, it	stamps

Past simpleLesson

all persons

stamped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have stamped
he, she, it	has stamped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will stamp

Synonyms

9 synonyms

give an official marking to:impressA2 imprint

pressing with the foot:stomp

mark by pressing quickly and heavily:emboss dent

Close in meaning

walk heavily:stomp stump
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype:pigeonhole stereotype
raise in a relief:emboss boss

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

11 patterns

as many stamps
many stamps as
collecting stamps
many stamps
his stamp collection
stamp on the
a stamp collector
put a stamp
a stamp on
stamp collector
is collecting stamps