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crest
[ krest ]
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.
- 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.
- the mane growing from this ridge.
- an ornament or heraldic device surmounting a helmet.
- a helmet.
- a ridge running from front to back along the top of a helmet; comb.
- Heraldry. a figure borne above the escutcheon in an achievement of arms, either on a helmet or by itself as a distinguishing device.
- Anatomy. a ridge, especially on a bone.
- a ridge or other prominence on any part of the body of an animal.
- Architecture. a cresting.
- 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 1( def 15a ).
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a crest.
- to serve as a crest for; crown or top.
- to reach the crest or summit of (a hill, mountain, etc.).
verb (used without object)
- to form or rise to a crest, as a wave or river.
- to reach the crest or highest level:
Interest in the project has crested.
crest
1/ krɛst /
noun
- a tuft or growth of feathers, fur, or skin along the top of the heads of some birds, reptiles, and other animals
- something resembling or suggesting this
- the top, highest point, or highest stage of something
- a ridge on the neck of a horse, dog, lion, etc
- the mane or hair growing from this ridge
- an ornamental piece, such as a plume, on top of a helmet
- 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
- a ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc
- a ridge along the surface of a bone
- Also calledcresting archery identifying rings painted around an arrow shaft
verb
- intr to come or rise to a high point
- tr to lie at the top of; cap
- tr to go to or reach the top of (a hill, wave, etc)
CREST
2/ krɛst /
noun
- an electronic share-settlement system, created by the Bank of England and owned by 69 firms, that began operations in 1996
Derived Forms
- ˈcrested, adjective
- ˈcrestless, adjective
Other Words From
- crested adjective
- crestless adjective
- subcrest noun
- un·crested adjective
- under·crest noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of crest1
Word History and Origins
Origin of crest1
Origin of crest2
Example Sentences
You can summit crests like 10,064-foot Mount San Antonio and 8,985-foot Telegraph Peak right out the gates of Mount Baldy Resort in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Pernigotti suffered only a ruptured Achilles tendon and, with his partner’s help, made it to the crest, where a helicopter came to his rescue.
The distance between each crest, or tip, of a wave is its wavelength.
The 2020 Dodgers may represent a rare opportunity, the crest of a franchise’s talent-rich era.
Wavelength is the distance from one point on a wave to an identical point on the next, such as from crest to crest or from trough to trough.
To break her self-destructive cycle and heal, she decides to hike 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail solo.
Plus, Procter & Gamble has already removed triclosan from its Crest toothpaste.
The Tea Party wave, which would crest a few months later, still seemed far out to shore.
Internal Revenue has its own crest or coat of arms or something.
Procter & Gamble introducing Crest toothpaste line with nontraditional flavors—chocolate, vanilla, lime.
But at the instant I caught a sight of my counterfeit presentment in a shop window, and veiled my haughty crest.
The crest-fallen astronomer plodded on his weary way, another example of a fool and his money soon parted.
He swam with her upon the summit of the breaking Wave, lifted upon its crest, swept onward irresistibly.
Still a-shiver at dawn, I saddled up and loped for the crest of the nearest divide to get the benefit of the first sun-rays.
I rubbed in the spot indicated, and out came the crest and initials exactly as Jack had described them.
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