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crest

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noun

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

the head or top of anything.

a ridge or ridgelike formation.

the foamy top of a wave.

the point of highest flood, as of a river.

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the highest point or level; climax; culmination.

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

anything resembling or suggesting such a tuft.

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, especially 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).

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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.).

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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; Middle English creste < Old French < Latin crista

Related forms

crest·ed, adjective

crest·less, adjective

sub·crest, noun

un·crest·ed, adjective

un·der·crest, noun

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Example Sentences

Residents are bracing for a crest that forecasters say will be higher than any crest the town has ever experienced before.

The theory journal rose on the crest of the postwar infrastructure of higher education.

Loosely speaking, this is the speed at which the pulse's crest travels.

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Residents are bracing for a crest that forecasters say will be higher than any crest the town has ever experienced before.

The theory journal rose on the crest of the postwar infrastructure of higher education.

Loosely speaking, this is the speed at which the pulse's crest travels.

Wavelength is measured from crest to crest or trough to trough.

Its crest is a particularly spectacular example of the snout decorations common to tyrannosaurids.

I'd stand in the break zone feeling currents pull at my legs as a crest rose up.

Over time, as more sand is moved to the crest and avalanches down the slip face the entire dune will migrate.

Riding on a crest of a wave until last month, his party has been badly shaken by the affair and is struggling to limit the damage.

Tell each group to design and create a crest for their haplogroup.

He constructed simple plastic models of the crest to demonstrate that they could amplify low-frequency sounds.

As the barristers filed into the courtroom, they bowed to the crest of royal arms behind the judge's chair.

The wave's crest usually hits shore about five minutes later.

The helicopter features lavish new seats emblazoned with the papal crest.

If needed, remind students of the meanings of trough and crest.

As moist sea air is lifted to the crest of the waves, it cools and condensation forms a cloud.

Look for angel-wing-crested, plank-bottomed rocking chairs, with freehand or stenciled decorations on the crest.

Has annoying crest section to catch on handlebars and baskets.

Then it's a short walk across the crater and up the crest.

Researchers think this animal was a young male, based on its bony head crest and still-developing teeth in its upper jaw.

The hummocks reach a crest that curves smoothly to the east and rises sharply to the southwest.

Rockhopper penguins are distinguished by the irreverent crest of spiky yellow and black feathers that adorns their head.

These spines would have formed a tall sail or crest.

The specimen consists of a mostly complete skull with a bony crest on its forehead, and a partial skeleton.

Year in, year out, the wind rang in its crest with the noise of a harp.

But look closer at the crest on the uniform and you'll see an anchor and below the words:.

He unfurls his previously hidden carrot-orange crest and streaks out at her, wings askew, then darts back to hide again.

The difference in biodiversity along the reef crest was instantly noticeable.

Essentially, the relief shown there is a product of going from reef crest to adjacent basin.

Their hereditary chief is the only official allowed to use it as a crest.

Seemingly, these allowed the crest to be raised at will.

The waves of cyber freedom crest with one of the first working models of virtual democracy.

Your video cams should pick them up as you crest that hill in front of you.

Adult macaroni penguins have a distinguishing crest of gold-yellow feathers that extends from their foreheads.

But the tubular crest had no hole for gathering air.

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World English Dictionary

crest (krɛst)

—n
1.	a tuft or growth of feathers, fur, or skin along the top of the heads of some birds, reptiles, and other animals
2.	something resembling or suggesting this
3.	the top, highest point, or highest stage of something
4.	a ridge on the neck of a horse, dog, lion, etc
5.	the mane or hair growing from this ridge
6.	an ornamental piece, such as a plume, on top of a helmet
7.	heraldry a symbol of a family or office, usually representing a beast or bird, borne in addition to a coat of arms and used in medieval times to decorate the helmet
8.	a ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc
9.	a ridge along the surface of a bone
10.	archery Also called: cresting identifying rings painted around an arrow shaft

—vb
11.	(intr) to come or rise to a high point
12.	(tr) to lie at the top of; cap
13.	(tr) to go to or reach the top of (a hill, wave, etc)

[C14: from Old French creste, from Latin crista]

'crested

—*adj*

'crestless

—*adj*

CREST (krɛst)

—n
	an electronic share-settlement system, created by the Bank of England and owned by 69 firms, that began operations in 1996

[C20: from CrestCo, the name of the operating company]

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Word Origin & History

crest

early 14c., 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 (1580s) comes from cockfighting.

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Medical Dictionary

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

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Science Dictionary

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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