EMBOSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does emboss mean? 

• EMBOSS (verb)
  The verb EMBOSS has 1 sense:

1. raise in a relief

  Familiarity information: EMBOSS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBOSS (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they emboss    ... he / she / it embosses   
Past simple: embossed   
Past participle: embossed   
-ing form: embossing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Raise in a relief

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

boss; emboss; stamp

Context example:

embossed stationery

Hypernyms (to "emboss" is one way to...):

impress; imprint (mark or stamp with or as if with pressure)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "emboss"):

block (stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

embossment (sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background)