imprints
Presses into surfaces
Imprints are marks or impressions left by pressure—a footprint in sand, a logo stamped on leather.
The word extends to lasting psychological effects: Childhood experiences leave imprints on adult behavior.
In publishing, an imprint is a brand name under which books are published, often one of several within a larger house.
To imprint is to fix something firmly, especially in memory or development: The image was imprinted on her mind.
Young animals imprint on parent figures during critical early periods.
Pertaining to legal investigation
- fingerprintFriction ridge impression
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- footprintMark from stepping
- tracksMarks showing passage
trace · proof · identification · crime scene · ballistics · latent · patent · analysis
Continuing through time
- formativeInfluencing development or growth
- indelibleImpossible to remove
- psychologicalOf the mind
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
shaping · conditioning · trauma · attachment · bonding · nurture · upbringing · socialization
Marks left by walking
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
- tracksMarks showing passage
- stampsPostal payment adhesives
- indentationsRecessed marks in surfaces
impressions · engravings · etchings · embossings · pressings · fossils · molds · casts
Company releasing books
- labelIdentifying attachment or marker
- indieProduced outside majors
- TorAnonymous routing network
- PenguinBritish publishing imprint
HarperCollins · Random House · boutique · specialty · catalog · backlist · frontlist · colophon
Recalled mental image
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- flashbacksInvoluntary vivid memory episodes
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- recallMemory retrieval act
retention · autobiographical · episodic · vivid · haunting · unforgettable · lingering · permanent
forensic
Pertaining to legal investigation
- fingerprintFriction ridge impression
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- footprintMark from stepping
tracks · trace · proof · identification · crime scene · ballistics · latent · patent · analysis · matching
lasting
Continuing through time
- formativeInfluencing development or growth
- indelibleImpossible to remove
- psychologicalOf the mind
emotional · shaping · conditioning · trauma · attachment · bonding · nurture · upbringing · socialization · parental
footprints
Marks left by walking
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
- tracksMarks showing passage
- stampsPostal payment adhesives
indentations · impressions · engravings · etchings · embossings · pressings · fossils · molds · casts · watermarks
publisher
Company releasing books
Penguin · HarperCollins · Random House · boutique · specialty · catalog · backlist · frontlist · colophon · logo
recollection
Recalled mental image
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- flashbacksInvoluntary vivid memory episodes
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
recall · retention · autobiographical · episodic · vivid · haunting · unforgettable · lingering · permanent · formative
- trace fossilstrace fossils, trackway, trackways, burrows, burrow
- music industryalbum, albums, singles, record label, record labels
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
- irregularitiesbumps, dents, ridges, grooves, ripples
- markingsspots, specks, speckles, lines, dots
imprintserasures
Acts of removing marks
obliterations · deletions · removals · wipes · expungements
- imprinted onInstinctively attached after exposure
- imprint onForm instant attachment
- imprinting onInstinctive attachment to first figure