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crest

  [krest]
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–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

Related forms:
crested, adjective
crestless, adjective
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crest   (krěst)   
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.

  5. The ridge on a roof.

v.   crest·ed, crest·ing, crests

v.   tr.

  1. To decorate or furnish with a crest.

  2. To reach the crest of: crested the ridge.

v.   intr.

  1. To form into a crest or crests: waves cresting over the seawall.

  2. 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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Medical Dictionary

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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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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