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apex, cap, crown, peak, roof, summit, top, vertex, acme, apogee, culmination, height

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crest

[krest]

–noun

1.	the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.

2.	the head or top of anything.

3.	a ridge or ridgelike formation.

4.	the foamy top of a wave.

5.	the point of highest flood, as of a river.

6.	the highest point or level; climax; culmination.

7.	a tuft or other natural growth on the top of the head of an animal, as the comb of a rooster.

8.	anything resembling or suggesting such a tuft.

9.	the ridge of the neck of a horse, dog, etc.

10.	the mane growing from this ridge.

11.	an ornament or heraldic device surmounting a helmet.

12.

a helmet.

13.	a ridge running from front to back along the top of a helmet; comb.

14.	Heraldry. a figure borne above the escutcheon in an achievement of arms, either on a helmet or by itself as a distinguishing device.

15.	Anatomy. a ridge, esp. on a bone.

16.	a ridge or other prominence on any part of the body of an animal.

17.	Architecture. a cresting.

18.	Machinery. (in a screw or other threaded object) the ridge or surface farthest from the body of the object and defined by the flanks of the thread. Compare root (def. 14a).

–verb (used with object)

19.	to furnish with a crest.

20.	to serve as a crest for; crown or top.

21.	to reach the crest or summit of (a hill, mountain, etc.).

–verb (used without object)

22.	to form or rise to a crest, as a wave or river.

23.	to reach the crest or highest level: Interest in the project has crested.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME creste < OF < L crista

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Language Translation for : Crest

Spanish:

cresta,

German:

der Kamm,

Japanese:

とさか

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crest (krěst) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A usually ornamental tuft, ridge, or similar projection on the head of a bird or other animal.
2. An elevated, irregularly toothed ridge on the stigmas of certain flowers.
3. A ridge or an appendage on a plant part, such as on a leaf or petal.
4. A plume used as decoration on top of a helmet.
5. A helmet.
6. Heraldry A device placed above the shield on a coat of arms.
7. A representation of such a device.
8. The top, as of a hill or wave.
9. The highest or culminating point; the peak: the crest of a flood; at the crest of her career.
1. A plume used as decoration on top of a helmet.
2. A helmet.
3. Heraldry A device placed above the shield on a coat of arms.
4. A representation of such a device.
5. The top, as of a hill or wave.
6. The highest or culminating point; the peak: the crest of a flood; at the crest of her career.
1. Heraldry A device placed above the shield on a coat of arms.
2. A representation of such a device.
3. The top, as of a hill or wave.
4. The highest or culminating point; the peak: the crest of a flood; at the crest of her career.
1. The top, as of a hill or wave.
2. The highest or culminating point; the peak: the crest of a flood; at the crest of her career.
The ridge on a roof.

v. crest·ed, crest·ing, crests

v. tr.

To decorate or furnish with a crest.
To reach the crest of: crested the ridge.

v. intr.

To form into a crest or crests: waves cresting over the seawall.
To reach a crest: The swollen river crested at 9 P.M.

[Middle English creste, from Old French, from Latin crista; see sker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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crest

c.1312, from O.Fr. creste "tuft, comb," from L. crista "tuft, plume," perhaps related to word for "hair," but also used for crest of a cock or a helmet, replaced O.E. hris. Crestfallen (1589) comes from cockfighting.

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crest
noun
1.	the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
2.	the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" [syn: peak]
3.	the center of a cambered road [syn: crown]
4.	(heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet
5.	a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
verb
1.	lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains" [syn: cap]
2.	reach a high point; "The river crested last night"

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crest (krěst) Pronunciation Key

The part of a wave with greatest magnitude; the highest part of a wave. Compare trough. See more at wave.

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crest (krěst)
n.
A projection or ridge, especially of bone; cresta.

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Main Entry: crest
Pronunciation: 'krest
Function: noun
1 : a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird
2 : a process or prominence on a part of an animal body: as a : the upper curve or ridge of the neck of a quadruped (as a horse); also : the mane borne on such acrest b : a ridge especially on a bone crest of the tibia> —see FRONTAL CREST, OCCIPITAL CREST

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Crest Hill, IL (city, FIPS 17458)
Location: (41.564526, -88.108489)
Population (2000): 13,329 (4,808 housing units)
Area: 7.161346 sq mi (land), 0.106031 sq mi (water)

Crest, CA (CDP, FIPS 17106)
Location: (32.805918, -116.867405)
Population (2000): 2,716 (999 housing units)
Area: 6.384432 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Hazel Crest, IL (village, FIPS 33695)
Location: (41.573084, -87.685870)
Population (2000): 14,816 (5,303 housing units)
Area: 3.381496 sq mi (land), 0.023312 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 60429

Cedar Crest, NM (CDP, FIPS 13200)
Location: (35.107145, -106.373543)
Population (2000): 1,060 (501 housing units)
Area: 3.273074 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 87008

Pine Crest, TN (CDP, FIPS 58240)
Location: (36.296684, -82.308041)
Population (2000): 2,872 (1,472 housing units)
Area: 2.153368 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Cedar Crest, OK (CDP, FIPS 12930)
Location: (36.112991, -95.168599)
Population (2000): 308 (123 housing units)
Area: 5.777767 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Wildwood Crest, NJ (borough, FIPS 81200)
Location: (38.972464, -74.838365)
Population (2000): 3,980 (4,862 housing units)
Area: 1.152325 sq mi (land), 0.153633 sq mi (water)

Wildwood Crest, NJ (borough, FIPS 00981200)
Location: (38.972464, -74.838365)
Population (2000): 3,980 (4,862 housing units)
Area: 1.152325 sq mi (land), 0.153633 sq mi (water)

East Hazel Crest, IL (village, FIPS 21904)
Location: (41.576384, -87.652171)
Population (2000): 1,607 (623 housing units)
Area: 0.767217 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Green Harbor-Cedar Crest, MA (CDP, FIPS 27147)
Location: (42.073624, -70.656161)
Population (2000): 2,397 (1,117 housing units)
Area: 1.776465 sq mi (land), 0.157700 sq mi (water)

Grier City-Park Crest, PA (CDP, FIPS 31540)
Location: (40.819153, -76.057917)
Population (2000): 954 (413 housing units)
Area: 1.716218 sq mi (land), 0.017700 sq mi (water)

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Crest

Crest\ (kr[e^]st), n. [OF. creste, F. cr[^e]te, L. crista.]

1. A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. --Darwin.

[Attack] his rising crest, and drive the serpent back. --C. Pitt.

2. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet.

Stooping low his lofty crest. --Sir W. Scott.

And on his head there stood upright A crest, in token of a knight. --Gower.

3. (Her.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4.

4. The upper curve of a horse's neck.

Throwing the base thong from his bending crest. --Shak.

5. The ridge or top of a wave.

Like wave with crest of sparkling foam. --Sir W. Scott.

6. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.

7. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.

Now the time is come That France must vail her lofty plumed crest. --Shak.

8. (Arch.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.

The finials of gables and pinnacles are sometimes called crests. --Parker.

9. (Engin.) The top line of a slope or embankment.

Crest tile, a tile made to cover the ridge of a roof, fitting upon it like a saddle.

Interior crest (Fort.), the highest line of the parapet.