Definition of emboss Emboss

/ɪmbɔˈs/ - [imbos] - em•boss

We found 10 definitions of emboss from 5 different sources.

What does emboss mean?

Verb embosses, embossing, embossed
emboss - raise in a relief; "embossed stationery"
		boss, stamp
		imprint, impress establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children"
		block shape into a block or blocks; "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly"

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emboss (v. t.)
To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.
emboss (v. t.)
To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like.
emboss (v. t.)
To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal.
emboss (v. t.)
To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.
emboss (v. t.)
To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
emboss (v. i.)
To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods.

emboss
em-bos′, v.t. to produce (a raised pattern) by pressure upon sheet-metal, leather, cloth, &c.: to ornament with raised-work: (Spens.) to cover with armour: to be wrapped in.—p.adj. Embossed′, formed or covered with bosses: raised, standing out in relief: (bot.) having a protuberance in the centre.—ns. Emboss′er; Emboss′ment, a prominence like a boss: raised-work. [Em, in, into, and boss.]
emboss
em-bos′, v.i. (Milton) to plunge into the depths of a wood.—v.t. to make to foam at the mouth. [O. Fr. embosquer, em—L. in, in, bosc, a wood. See Ambush.]

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