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▸ verb: To cause (something) to stick out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause (someone or something) to be covered in swellings.
▸ verb: To make (a design on a coin, an ornament on an object, etc.) stand out from a surface.
▸ verb: To represent (a subject) on an object in relief; also, of a design or subject: to stand out on (an object) in relief.
▸ verb: To decorate or mark (something) with a design or symbol in relief.
▸ verb: To decorate (something) with bosses (“ornamental convex protuberances”); to boss; hence, to decorate (something) richly.
▸ verb: (figurative)
▸ verb: To cause (something) to be prominent or stand out.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To make (speech, etc.) unduly bombastic or grand.
▸ noun: (obsolete, rare) Synonym of boss (“a knob or projection”)
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) Of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a forest or wood.
▸ verb: (by extension, transitive, chiefly passive voice, obsolete) 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.
▸ verb: (by extension from sense 2)
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To cause (an animal's body, a person's mouth, etc.) to be covered with foam.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To cause (someone, their heart or soul, etc.) to become extremely fatigued; to exhaust.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) Of a person: to foam at the mouth; also (figurative), to be furious, to rage.
▸ verb: To enclose or suit (a person) in armour.
▸ verb: (figurative) To enclose or surround (someone or something).
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▸ verb: To cause (something) to stick out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause (someone or something) to be covered in swellings.
▸ verb: To make (a design on a coin, an ornament on an object, etc.) stand out from a surface.
▸ verb: To represent (a subject) on an object in relief; also, of a design or subject: to stand out on (an object) in relief.
▸ verb: To decorate or mark (something) with a design or symbol in relief.
▸ verb: To decorate (something) with bosses (“ornamental convex protuberances”); to boss; hence, to decorate (something) richly.
▸ verb: (figurative)
▸ verb: To cause (something) to be prominent or stand out.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To make (speech, etc.) unduly bombastic or grand.
▸ noun: (obsolete, rare) Synonym of boss (“a knob or projection”)
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) Of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a forest or wood.
▸ verb: (by extension, transitive, chiefly passive voice, obsolete) 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.
▸ verb: (by extension from sense 2)
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To cause (an animal's body, a person's mouth, etc.) to be covered with foam.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To cause (someone, their heart or soul, etc.) to become extremely fatigued; to exhaust.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) Of a person: to foam at the mouth; also (figurative), to be furious, to rage.
▸ verb: To enclose or suit (a person) in armour.
▸ verb: (figurative) To enclose or surround (someone or something).
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