emboss

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: em=boss

CIDE DICTIONARY

emboss, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.].

•  To raise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.  [1913 Webster]

  "Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss."  [1913 Webster]
•  To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like.  [1913 Webster]

  "Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed
  Androgeo's death."  [1913 Webster]

  "Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground."  [1913 Webster]

emboss, v. t. [Etymology uncertain.].

 To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal.  [1913 Webster]

emboss, v. t. [Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare, F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.].

•  To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.  [1913 Webster]

  "In the Arabian woods embossed."  [1913 Webster]
•  To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.  [1913 Webster]

  "A knight her met in mighty arms embossed."  [1913 Webster]

emboss, v. i. 

 To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods.  S. Butler.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

emboss, v.tr.
1 carve or mould in relief.
2 form figures etc. so that they stand out on (a surface).
3 make protuberant.

Derivative

embosser n. embossment n.

Etymology

ME, f. OF (as EN-(1), BOSS(2))

ROGET THESAURUS

emboss

Ornament

VB ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge, smell of the lamp, ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize, smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish, whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain, garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank, trick out, fig out, deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array, begawd, titivate, dress, dress up, spangle, bespangle, powder, embroider, work, chase, emboss, fret, emblazon, illuminate, illustrate, become.

Convexity

VB be prominent, project, bulge, protrude, pout, bouge, bunch, jut out, stand out, stick out, poke out, stick up, bristle up, start up, cock up, shoot up, swell over, hang over, bend over, beetle, render prominent, raise, emboss, chase, belly out.