Emboss
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Emboss
Verb
- To cause (something) to stick out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause (someone or something) to be covered in swellings.
- To make (a design on a coin, an ornament on an object, etc.) stand out from a surface.
- To represent (a subject) on an object in relief; also, of a design or subject: to stand out on (an object) in relief.
- To decorate or mark (something) with a design or symbol in relief.
"The papers weren’t official until the seal had been embossed on them."
- To decorate (something) with bosses (“ornamental convex protuberances”); to boss; hence, to decorate (something) richly.
Noun
- Synonym of boss (“a knob or projection”).
Verb
- Of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a forest or wood.
- To drive (a hunted animal) to exhaustion by chasing it; to exhaust; hence, to make (a hunted animal) foam at the mouth due to exhaustion from being chased.
- To cause (an animal's body, a person's mouth, etc.) to be covered with foam. To cause (someone, their heart or soul, etc.) to become extremely fatigued; to exhaust. Of a person: to foam at the mouth; also , to be furious, to rage.
- To cause (an animal's body, a person's mouth, etc.) to be covered with foam.
- To cause (someone, their heart or soul, etc.) to become extremely fatigued; to exhaust.
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