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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024crest•ing (kres′ting),USA pronunciation n. - Architecturea decorative coping, balustrade, etc., usually designed to give an interesting skyline.
- Furnitureornamentation either carved or sawed in the top rail of a piece or else added to it.
- Heraldrya system of ornamental ridges or flutes on a piece of plate armor.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024crest /krɛst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Geographythe highest part of a hill or mountain range;
summit. - the highest point or level: The president was riding the crest of his popularity.
- Geographythe point of highest flood, as of a river:The water level is high, but it hasn't reached the crest yet.
- Oceanographythe foamy top of a wave.
- Zoologya tuft or other natural growth on the top of the head of an animal.
- Heraldry coat of arms (def. 2).
v. [no object] - Oceanographyto form or reach a crest, as a wave or river:The river hasn't crested yet.
- to reach the highest point:The general's popularity crested after the great victory.
crest•ed, adj. [before a noun]a crested finch.crest•less, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024crest (krest),USA pronunciation n. - the highest part of a hill or mountain range;
summit. - the head or top of anything.
- a ridge or ridgelike formation.
- Oceanographythe foamy top of a wave.
- the point of highest flood, as of a river.
- the highest point or level;
climax;
culmination. - Zoologya 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.
- Zoologythe ridge of the neck of a horse, dog, etc.
- Zoologythe mane growing from this ridge.
- Heraldryan ornament or heraldic device surmounting a helmet.
- Heraldrya helmet.
- a ridge running from front to back along the top of a helmet;
comb. - Heraldrya figure borne above the escutcheon in an achievement of arms, either on a helmet or by itself as a distinguishing device. See illus. under coat of arms.
- Anatomya ridge, esp. on a bone.
- Zoologya ridge or other prominence on any part of the body of an animal.
- Architecturea cresting.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.](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. Cf. root (def. 14a).
v.t. - 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.).
v.i. - Oceanographyto form or rise to a crest, as a wave or river.
- to reach the crest or highest level:Interest in the project has crested.
- Latin crista
- Old French
- Middle English creste 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: crest /krɛst/ n - 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
- an ornamental piece, such as a plume, on top of a helmet
- 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
vb - (intransitive) to come or rise to a high point
- (transitive) to lie at the top of; cap
- (transitive) to go to or reach the top of (a hill, wave, etc)
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French creste, from Latin cristaˈcrested adj ˈcrestless adj |