[krest] Pronunciation Key | 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). |
| 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.). |
| 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. |
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| crest
(krěst) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. crest·ed, crest·ing, crests v. tr.
v. intr.
[Middle English creste, from Old French, from Latin crista; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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crest
| 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" |
| 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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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.Crest
Crest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crested; p. pr. & vb. n. Cresting.]1. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for. His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm Crested the world. --Shak. Mid groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow. --Wordsworth. 2. To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes. Like as the shining sky in summer's night, . . . Is crested with lines of fiery light. --Spenser.Crest
Crest\ (kr[e^]st), v. i. To form a crest.Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.













