emboss
To cause to stick out or swellTo cause (something) to stick out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause (someone or something) to be covered in swellings.
» The note is embossed with the school emblem.
Der Bescheid hat eine Prägung mit dem Wappen der Schule.
Meaning
14 senses(transitive)To cause (something) to stick out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause (someone or something) to be covered in swellings.
(transitive)To make (a design on a coin, an ornament on an object, etc.) stand out from a surface.
(transitive)To represent (a subject) on an object in relief; also, of a design or subject: to stand out on (an object) in relief.
(transitive)To decorate or mark (something) with a design or symbol in relief.
The papers weren’t official until the seal had been embossed on them.
The title was embossed in gold lettering on the cover.
prägen
чека́нитьčekánitʹ, отчека́нитьotčekánitʹ, тисни́тьtisnítʹ
ембосуватиembosuvaty, вибиватиvybyvaty, витискатиvytyskaty
raise in a relief
(transitive)To decorate (something) with bosses (“ornamental convex protuberances”); to boss; hence, to decorate (something) richly.
(figuratively, transitive)To cause (something) to be prominent or stand out.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To make (speech, etc.) unduly bombastic or grand.
(intransitive, obsolete, transitive)Of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a forest or wood.
(broadly, obsolete, transitive)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.
(archaic, broadly, transitive)To cause (an animal's body, a person's mouth, etc.) to be covered with foam.
(broadly, obsolete, transitive)To cause (someone, their heart or soul, etc.) to become extremely fatigued; to exhaust.
(broadly, intransitive, obsolete, transitive)Of a person: to foam at the mouth; also (figurative), to be furious, to rage.
Examples
2 sentencesThe note is embossed with the school emblem.
deDer Bescheid hat eine Prägung mit dem Wappen der Schule.
Tom was wearing a suit tailored especially for him, with his name embossed in gold on the inside coat pocket.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English embosen, embose, enbose (“of game: to become exhausted from hunting”From Middle English embosen, embose, enbose (“of game: to become exhausted from hunting”), possibly from em- (a variant of en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’)) + Old French bos, bois (“woodland, woods”) (modern French bois) (from Late Latin boscus, Medieval Latin boscus (“woodlands, woods”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *busk (“bush, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear; to be; to become; to grow”)). Doublet of imbosk (“to conceal or hide (not necessarily in a forest or wood)”).
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Forms
embosses, embossing, embossed, embossedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle