crested
/ˈkrɛstɪd
/adjective
1(Of a bird or other animal) having a comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head: the crested drake mandarin duck [in combination]: a plush-crested jay...
- They have a gray-blue feather crested head, which they can raise and lower.
- In Bendigo, near where I live in north-central Victoria, there are now huge numbers of crested pigeons.
- As yet another scorching summer has drawn to a close in Mumbai, one hears the haunting cry of the pied crested cuckoo.
2Emblazoned with a coat of arms or other emblem: crested notepaper
- take someone to task
- take someone to the cleaners
- take someone to the woodshed
- take someone up
- take someone up on
- take some (or a lot of) beating
- take something amiss
- take something apart
- take something as read
- take something away
- take something back
- take something by storm
- take something down
- take something forward
- take something ill
- take something in
- take something in good part
- take something in hand
- take something in one's stride (also take something in stride)
- take something into account (or take account of)
- take something kindly
- take something lying down
- take something off
- take something on
- take something on board