emboss

(ĕm-bôs', -bŏs')

1. To mold or carve in relief: emboss a design on a coin.
2. To decorate with or as if with a raised design: emboss leather.
3. To adorn; decorate.
4. To cover with many protuberances; stud: "The whole buoy was embossed with barnacles" (Herman Melville).

[Middle English embosen, from Old French embocer : en-, in; see en-¹ + boce, knob.]

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To raise or indent a pattern on the surface of a material; sometimes produced by the use of patterned rollers.

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• Sculpture Tools and Techniques - emboss: (vb) decorate with low relief design
• Graphic Design - emboss: (vb) raise printed design in relief by pressure of plate on which image is engraved below surface

Emboss or Embossing may refer to:

• Embossing (manufacturing), commercial scale embossing of sheet metal
• Paper embossing, the raising of paper and other non-metal products
• Embossing (leather)
• Repoussé and chasing, hand sheet metal
• Embossing (harmonica), slightly narrowing reed slots in harmonica, e.g. to prepare for overblowing
• Image embossing, the process to create highlights or shadows that will replace light/dark boundaries of an image.
• EMBOSS, an acronym for European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite.

Embosser may refer to:

• Handheld embossers, see embossing tape

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - præge, skære/forme relief, udhamre, uddrive, fremhæve

Nederlands (Dutch)
versieren (m.n. met reliëf), laten uitsteken

Français (French)
v. tr. - travailler en relief, repousser, estamper (du métal), gaufrer (du cuir, un vêtement), frapper (du velours, du papier)

Deutsch (German)
v. - prägen, gaufrieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διακοσμώ με ανάγλυφα (σχήματα κ.λπ.), αναγλύφω, εγχαράσσω αναγλύφως

Italiano (Italian)
stampare in rilievo, coniare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - modelar, realçar, ornamentar

Русский (Russian)
чеканить, выбивать, рельефно выделить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - grabar en relieve, gofrar, repujar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utföra i relief, prägla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
饰以浮饰, 使浮雕出来

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 飾以浮飾, 使浮雕出來

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 양각으로 새기다, 볼록 나오게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 浮彫り細工を施す, 打ち出す, 飾る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزين بنقوش نافرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הבליט, תבלט‬

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