Crest meaning
Crest is defined as to reach the highest point of something.
An example of crest is water reaching its highest level in a stream.
verb
The definition of a crest is something that is located at the top of something or someone or a symbol of a family name.
An example of crest is the comb on a rooster's head.
An example of crest is Mount Lyell in Yosemite.
An example of crest is feathers in the top of a medieval helmet.
noun
The highest point, level, degree, etc.
noun
A heraldic device placed above the shield in a coat of arms, or used separately on seals, silverware, note paper, etc.
noun
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The part of a wave with greatest magnitude; the highest part of a wave.
To provide or decorate with a crest.
verb
To lie at the top of; crown.
verb
(military) The five types of verbal support used to enhance an (oral) presentation: comparisons, reasons, examples, statistics, testimony.
acronym
A projecting ridge, as along a bone.
noun
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To form a crest, as a wave.
verb
To reach its highest level.
The flooding river crested at 30 feet.
verb
A projection or ridge, especially of bone.
noun
The ridge on a roof.
noun
A plume or emblem, formerly worn on a helmet.
noun
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A helmet or its apex.
noun
The top of anything, or the line or surface along the top; summit; ridge.
The crest of a wave, a mountain crest.
noun
To reach the crest of.
verb
To decorate or furnish with a crest.
verb
To reach the crest of.
Crested the ridge.
verb
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To form into a crest or crests.
Waves cresting over the seawall.
verb
To reach a crest.
The swollen river crested at 9:15.
verb
Any process or growth on the head of an animal, as a comb or feathered tuft on certain birds.
noun
Origin of crest
- Middle English creste from Old French from Latin crista sker-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition