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EMBOSS
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
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
Example:
embossed stationery
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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)
