Crest
[krest] or [krɛst]
Definition
(noun.) a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.
(noun.) (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet.
(noun.) the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave.
(verb.) reach a high point; 'The river crested last night'.
Typist: Shane--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The upper curve of a horse's neck.
(n.) The ridge or top of a wave.
(n.) The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
(n.) The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
(n.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
(n.) The top line of a slope or embankment.
(v. t.) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
(v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.
(v. i.) To form a crest.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Tuft, plume, COMB.[2]. Top, crown, summit, highest part.
Checker: Maryann
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Top, summit, apex, bead, crown
ANT:Base, foot, bottom, sole
Editor: Pedro
Definition
n. the comb or tuft on the head of a cock and other birds: the summit of anything as a roof-ridge hill wave: the mane of a horse &c.: (anat.) a ridge along the surface of a bone: a plume of feathers or other ornament on the top of a helmet: (her.) an accessory figure originally surmounting the helmet placed on a wreath &c. also used separately as a personal cognisance on plate &c.—v.t. to furnish with or serve for a crest to surmount.—p.adj. Crest′ed having a crest: (bot.) having an elevated appendage like a crest.—adjs. Crest′fallen dejected: heartless; Crest′less without a crest: not of high birth.—ns. Crest′-marine′ rock samphire; Crestol′atry toadyism.
Editor: Olivia
Examples
- He brought a native servant with him, who was his valet and pipe-bearer and who wore the Sedley crest in silver on his turban. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Confederates were strongly intrenched on the crest of the ridge in front of us, and had a second line half-way down and another at the base. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And high up here, on the crest, moved a wind that almost overpowered him with a sleep-heavy iciness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- On the crest of the west bank of this stream the enemy was strongly intrenched. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Our line was generally along the crest of ridges. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It seemed almost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and falter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- An hour passed and the sun was far to his left now when he saw them coming over the crest of the slope and he picked up his glasses. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The fascists held the crests of the hills here. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- One by one, however, the ships managed to dip below the crests of the outlying hills until only one barely moving craft was in sight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The gay plumage, shorn from the crests, drifted upon the breeze like snow-flakes. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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