Lexic.us

Definition of Crown

1. Verb. Invest with regal power; enthrone. "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey"

2. Noun. The Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy. "The colonies revolted against the Crown"

3. Verb. Be the culminating event. "The speech crowned the meeting"

4. Noun. The part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel.

5. Verb. Form the topmost part of. "A weather vane crowns the building"

6. Noun. A wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory.

7. Verb. Put an enamel cover on. "Crown my teeth"

8. Noun. An ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty.

9. Noun. The part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head.

10. Noun. An English coin worth 5 shillings.

11. Noun. The upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant.

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

13. Noun. The award given to the champion.

14. Noun. The top of the head.

15. Noun. (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth. "Tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"

16. Noun. The center of a cambered road.

Definition of Crown

1. n. A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward.

2. v. t. To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.

Definition of Crown

1. Noun. A reward of victory or a mark of honor. ¹

2. Noun. A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem. ¹

3. Noun. A representation of such a headdress, as in heraldry; it may even be that only the image exists, no physical crown, as in the case of the kingdom of Belgium; by analogy such crowns can be awarded to moral persons that don't even have a head, as the mural crown for cities in heraldry ¹

4. Noun. A wreath or band for the head. ¹

5. Noun. Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it. ¹

6. Noun. The topmost part of the head. ¹

7. Noun. The highest part a hill. ¹

8. Noun. The top part of a hat. ¹

9. Noun. The raised centre of a road. ¹

10. Noun. The highest part of an arch. ¹

11. Noun. Splendor, finish, culmination. ¹

12. Noun. Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress) ¹

13. Noun. Specifically, a former British coin worth five shillings. ¹

14. Noun. (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet. ¹

15. Noun. (anatomy) The part of a tooth above the gums. ¹

16. Noun. (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth. ¹

17. Noun. (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling ¹

18. Noun. (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet ¹

19. Noun. (context: paper) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 inches x 15 inches. ¹

20. Noun. (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location ¹

21. Noun. (medical) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina ¹

22. Adjective. Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown. ¹

23. Adjective. Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees. ¹

24. Verb. To place a crown on the head of. ¹

25. Verb. To formally declare (someone) a king or emperor. ¹

26. Verb. To declare (someone) a winner. ¹

27. Verb. (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening. ¹

28. Verb. (transitive) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley. ¹

29. Verb. To hit on the head ¹

30. Verb. (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game. ¹

31. Verb. (context: board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crown

1. to supply with a crown (a royal headpiece) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Crown

1. The part of a tree or shrub above the level of the lowest branch. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crown

crower crowers crowfeet crowflower crowflowers crowfoot crowfoot family crowfoots crowing crowing inspiration

crowingly crowkeeper crowkeepers crowlike crown'd crown-beard crown-heel length crown-of-the-field crown-rump length crown angulation

crown beard crown cactus crown cavity crown daisy crown ether crown fire crown flask crown flower

Literary usage of Crown

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

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1904)
"crown Svo A Touch of Sun and Other Stories, By MARY HALLOCK FOOTE. ismo Daphne. ... crown 8vo, net i.»5 BIOGRAPHY William Wetmore Story and His Friends. ..."

2. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1891)
"crown 8vo, 6s. The Seaboard Parish: a Sequel to 'Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood. ... crown 8vo, 6s. Novels by Maxwell Gray. In the Heart of the Storm. ..."

3. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental ...by David ( Hume by David ( Hume (1898)
"crown 8vo., 35. 6d. THE WITCH'S HEAD. With 16 Illustrations. crown 8vo., 35. fid. ... Translated from the German by GAM crown 8vo., 55. Melville (GJ WHYTE). ..."

4. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"crown Svo, with a Map of Suburban London, cloth extra, 71. ... crown Svo, 6s. Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite Crusade. Svo, u. ..."

5. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1879)
"The volumes (price Six Shillings each) : in crown 8vo, and will appear at ... crown 8vo. 6s. .OMAN AND THE TEUTON. A Series of ures delivered before the ..."

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