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Definition of Crest

1. Noun. The top line of a hill, mountain, or wave.

2. Verb. Lie at the top of. "Snow capped the mountains"

3. Noun. The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill). "The region is a few molecules wide at the summit"

4. Verb. Reach a high point. "The river crested last night"

5. Noun. The center of a cambered road.

6. Noun. (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet.

7. Noun. A showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.

Definition of Crest

1. 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.

2. v. t. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.

3. v. i. To form a crest.

Definition of Crest

1. Acronym. (military) The five types of verbal support used to enhance an (oral) presentation: comparisons, reasons, examples, statistics, testimony. ¹

2. Noun. 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. ¹

3. Noun. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet. ¹

4. Noun. (heraldry): A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like. ¹

5. Noun. The upper curve of a horse's neck. ¹

6. Noun. The ridge or top of a wave. ¹

7. Noun. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge. ¹

8. Noun. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage. ¹

9. Noun. The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc. ¹

10. Noun. The top line of a slope or embankment. ¹

11. Noun. A design or logo, especially one of an institution, association or high-class family. ¹

12. Verb. Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crest

1. to reach a crest (a peak) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Crest

1. 1. A ridge, especially a bony ridge. See: crista. 2. The ridge of the neck of a male animal, especially of a stallion or bull. 3. Feathers on the top of a bird's head, or fin rays on the top of a fish's head. Synonym: crista. Origin: L. Crista (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crest

cresorcin crespelle crespine crespines cress cress green cress plant cresselle cresselles cresses

cresset cressets cresslike cresson cressy crest (current term) crest cloud crest clouds crest of alveolar ridge crest of cochlear opening

crest of fenestrae cochleae crest of greater tubercle crest of head of rib crest of lesser tubercle crest of neck of rib crest of palatine bone crest of petrous part of temporal bone crest of scapular spine cresta crestal

Literary usage of Crest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"1333, granted one (ли eagle) to William Mont- acute, Earl of Salisbury. Four years after the grant of this crest was made hereditary, and the manor of ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1916)
"By AIEE THE crest VOLTMETER BY LW CHUBB ABSTRACT OF PAPER The demand for testing dielectric media in terms of crest voltage has resulted in several schemes ..."

3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1889)
"This oblique crest wears the posterior crest of the superior molars on its ... Lower face, as the anterior transverse crest wears the anterior crest (cin- ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1847)
"It is highly probable, the subsidence of tiie crest, as it proceeded towards Paris, resulted from the influence of the land in England, while both at ..."

5. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"The armorial crest of my own State consisted of two dissolute bears holding up the head of a dead and gone cask between them and making the pertinent remark ..."

6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"1333, granted one (ли eagle) to William Mont- acute, Earl of Salisbury. Four years after the grant of this crest was made hereditary, and the manor of ..."

7. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1916)
"By AIEE THE crest VOLTMETER BY LW CHUBB ABSTRACT OF PAPER The demand for testing dielectric media in terms of crest voltage has resulted in several schemes ..."

8. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1889)
"This oblique crest wears the posterior crest of the superior molars on its ... Lower face, as the anterior transverse crest wears the anterior crest (cin- ..."

9. Report of the Annual Meeting (1847)
"It is highly probable, the subsidence of tiie crest, as it proceeded towards Paris, resulted from the influence of the land in England, while both at ..."

10. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"The armorial crest of my own State consisted of two dissolute bears holding up the head of a dead and gone cask between them and making the pertinent remark ..."

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