emboss
verb (used with object)
to raise or represent (surface designs) in relief.
is embossing
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present progressiveof emboss (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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To exploit the classical revival started by the recent excavations in Pompeii, Wedgwood is embossing his Jasper Ware with bas-relief of Greek and Roman figures.
From Time Magazine Archive
Look at that little girl sweeping the crossing; See how the mud her bare legs is embossing!
From Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children by Mrs. E. P. Miller
Quite a number of inquiries have come to me as to what is "embossing" or "grilling."
From Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 by Various
