Word Finder - emboss

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To cause (something) to stick out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause (someone or something) to be covered in swellings.

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To make (a design on a coin, an ornament on an object, etc.) stand out from a surface.

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To represent (a subject) on an object in relief; also, of a design or subject: to stand out on (an object) in relief.

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To decorate or mark (something) with a design or symbol in relief.

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To decorate (something) with bosses (“ornamental convex protuberances”); to boss; hence, to decorate (something) richly.

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To cause (something) to be prominent or stand out.

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To make (speech, etc.) unduly bombastic or grand.

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(obsolete, rare) Synonym of boss (“a knob or projection”)

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(intransitive, obsolete) Of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a forest or wood.

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(by extension, transitive, chiefly passive voice, obsolete) 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.

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To cause (an animal's body, a person's mouth, etc.) to be covered with foam.

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To cause (someone, their heart or soul, etc.) to become extremely fatigued; to exhaust.

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Of a person: to foam at the mouth; also (figurative), to be furious, to rage.

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To enclose or suit (a person) in armour.

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(figurative) To enclose or surround (someone or something).