EMBOSS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they emboss ... he / she / it embosses

Past simple: embossed

Past participle: embossed

-ing form: embossing

Meaning:

Raise in a relief

Example:

embossed stationery

Synonyms:

boss; emboss; stamp

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)