Knots. a knot made by interweaving the strands at the end of a rope, often made as the beginning of a back splice or as the first stage in tying a more elaborate knot.
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a crownpiece.
–verb (used with object)
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to invest with a regal crown, or with regal dignity and power.
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to place a crown or garland upon the head of.
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to honor or reward; invest with honor, dignity, etc.
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to be at the top or highest part of.
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to complete worthily; bring to a successful or triumphant conclusion: The award crowned his career.
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Informal. to hit on the top of the head: She crowned her brother with a picture book.
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to give to (a construction) an upper surface of convex section or outline.
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to cap (a tooth) with a false crown.
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Checkers. to change (a checker) into a king after having safely reached the last row.
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Knots. to form a crown on (the end of a rope).
–verb (used without object)
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Medicine/Medical. (of a baby in childbirth) to reach a stage in delivery where the largest diameter of the fetal head is emerging from the pelvic outlet.
Origin: 1125–75; ME coroune, cr(o)une < AF coroune < L corōna wreath; see corona
To bring to completion or successful conclusion; consummate: crowned the event with a lavish reception.
Dentistry To put a crown on (a tooth).
Games To make (a piece in checkers that has reached the last row) into a king by placing another piece upon it.
Informal To hit on the head.
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intr. To reach a stage in labor when a large segment of the fetal scalp is visible at the vaginal orifice. Used of a fetus.
[Middle English crowne, from Anglo-Norman coroune, from Latin corōna, wreath, garland, crown, from Greek korōnē, anything curved, kind of crown, from korōnos, curved; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
Main Entry: 2crown Function: transitive verb : to put an artificial crown on (a tooth) crownintransitive senses in childbirth: to appear at the vaginal opening —used of the first part (as the crown of the head) of the infant to appear crowned>