Imprint

usgb/ɪmˈprɪnt/
noun

A mark or pattern made by pressing something on to a softer substance, text printed on a book page.

There's an imprint of a shoe in the mud.
Visual representation of "imprint" - A mark or pattern made by pressing something on to a softer substance, text printed on a book page.

Often appears as...

  • leave an imprint
  • visible imprint
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Physical Pressing

Imprint as a noun often involves physical contact, as one object leaves a mark on another.

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The artist left her hand's imprint in the clay.
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Evidence Left

An imprint is sometimes evidence of something that was there before.

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The fossil was an imprint of an ancient leaf.
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