Definition of "emboss" [em•boss]

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Holographic titles emboss their shiny covers of orchid or teal, sometimes cobalt."
• "He would print it from his computer and then use a US silver dollar to 'emboss' a seal on it for the notary."
• "* You can make your images look like early photographs with the option "Sepia effect" and like a relief with "emboss" and "embossmore"."