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• present participle of crest.

cresting

American  

[kres-ting] / ˈkrɛs tɪŋ /

noun

1. Architecture. a decorative coping, balustrade, etc., usually designed to give an interesting skyline.

2. Furniture. ornamentation either carved or sawed in the top rail of a piece or else added to it.

3. a system of ornamental ridges or flutes on a piece of plate armor.

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cresting British  

/ ˈkrɛstɪŋ /

noun

1. an ornamental ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc

2. carpentry a shaped decorative toprail or horizontal carved ornament surmounting a chair, mirror, etc

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Etymology

Origin of cresting

First recorded in 1865–70; crest + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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cresting

But when the hype for Weapons was cresting in August 2025, Cregger was already in Prague prepping his next feature: Resident Evil, an adaptation of the wildly popular videogame franchise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

A subtle wave of shame rises — small but persistent — cresting as you imagine your child saying, or your partner thinking, “We’re having this again?”

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

New data-center designs are cresting one gigawatt in power consumption, the entire capacity of a nuclear reactor.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

Given the cresting age wave, the number is expected to roughly double in the next 35 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025

Deep shadow and shade spilled forth from the Clock Watcher’s palms, cresting over Petey’s yard like a tidal wave.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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