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   emboss

   /ɪmˈbɒs/

   verb

   • 1. carve, mould, or stamp a design on (a surface or object) so that it stands out in relief: "they used special tools to emboss the leather"
   • ▪ carve, mould, or stamp (a design) on a surface or object: "a dull gold casing with the logo embossed on the front"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from the Old French base of obsolete French embosser, from em- ‘into’ + boce ‘protuberance’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. embosser noun
   • 2. embossment noun

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   What is emboss verb?

   • to put a raised design or piece of writing on paper, leather, etc. B (is) embossed on A The hotel's name was embossed on the stationery. Want to learn more? Definition of emboss verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does it mean to emboss a design?

   • To emboss something means to stamp or press a design into a material. Think of the quilted patterns in paper towels, decorative designs in paper napkins, or the raised logo in a fancy business card for example. Embossed coffee sleeves are basically the same thing.

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   What do you mean by embossing?

   • The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning. The substance used to make bread rise. The process of deepening colours in dyeing.

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   What is emboss for Windows?

   • Provides a complete Unix-like programming environment for the Windows OS. It is a bioinformatics software for DNA/RNA/Amino Acid sequence analysis. EMBOSS for Windows version 6.4. This work is an attempt to make the EMBOSS package run on Windows PCs.

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   emboss: [verb] to drive (a hunted animal) to bay or to exhaustion.

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   Define emboss. emboss synonyms, emboss pronunciation, emboss translation, English dictionary definition of emboss. tr.v. em·bossed , em·boss·ing , em·boss·es 1. To mold or carve in relief: emboss a design on a coin.

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   emboss: 1 v raise in a relief “ embossed stationery” Synonyms: boss , stamp Types: block stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block Type of: impress , imprint mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

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