crest

crest

 (krĕst)

n.

1.

a. A usually ornamental tuft, ridge, or similar projection on the head of a bird or other animal.

b. An elevated, irregularly toothed ridge on the stigmas of certain flowers.

c. A ridge or an appendage on a plant part, such as on a leaf or petal.

2.

a. A plume used as decoration on top of a helmet.

b. A helmet.

3.

a. Heraldry A device placed above the shield on a coat of arms.

b. A representation of such a device.

4.

a. The top, as of a hill or wave.

b. The highest or culminating point; the peak: the crest of a flood; at the crest of her career.

5. The ridge on a roof.

v. crest·ed, crest·ing, crests

v.tr.

1. To decorate or furnish with a crest.

2. To reach the crest of: crested the ridge.

v.intr.

1. To form into a crest or crests: waves cresting over the seawall.

2. To reach a crest: The swollen river crested at 9:15.

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[Middle English creste, from Old French, from Latin crista; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]

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crest

(krɛst)

n

1. (Zoology) a tuft or growth of feathers, fur, or skin along the top of the heads of some birds, reptiles, and other animals

2. something resembling or suggesting this

3. the top, highest point, or highest stage of something

4. (Zoology) a ridge on the neck of a horse, dog, lion, etc

5. (Zoology) the mane or hair growing from this ridge

6. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) an ornamental piece, such as a plume, on top of a helmet

7. (Heraldry) heraldry 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

8. (Building) a ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc

9. (Anatomy) a ridge along the surface of a bone

10. (Archery) archery Also called: cresting identifying rings painted around an arrow shaft

vb

11. (intr) to come or rise to a high point

12. (tr) to lie at the top of; cap

13. (tr) to go to or reach the top of (a hill, wave, etc)

[C14: from Old French creste, from Latin crista]

ˈcrested adj

ˈcrestless adj

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CREST

(krɛst)

n

(Stock Exchange) an electronic share-settlement system, created by the Bank of England and owned by 69 firms, that began operations in 1996

[C20: from CrestCo, the name of the operating company]

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crest

(krɛst)

n.

1. the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.

2. the highest point or level: riding the crest of popularity.

3. a ridge or ridgelike formation.

4. the foamy top of a wave.

5. the point of highest flood, as of a river.

6. a tuft or other natural growth on the top of the head of an animal, as the comb of a rooster.

7. the ridge of the neck of a horse, dog, etc.

8. the mane growing from this ridge.

9. an ornament or emblem on a knight's helmet.

10.

a. a heraldic device above the escutcheon on a coat of arms.

b. coat of arms (def. 2).

11. Anat. a ridge, esp. on a bone.

12. a ridge or other prominence on any part of the body of an animal.

13. cresting (def. 1).

v.i.

14. to form a crest, as a wave or river.

v.t.

15. to top with a crest.

16. to reach the crest of (a hill, mountain, etc.).

[1275–1325; Middle English creste < Old French < Latin crista]

crest′ed, adj.

crest′less, adj.

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crest

(krĕst)

The highest part of a wave. See more at wave.

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crest

- From Latin crista, "plume, tuft," it first referred to the erect feathers of a plume on a helmet or headdress.

See also related terms for helmet.

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crest

A terrain feature of such altitude that it restricts fire or observation in an area beyond, resulting in dead space, or limiting the minimum elevation, or both.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

crest

Past participle: crested
Gerund: cresting

Imperative

crest

crest

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crest - the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
	2.	crest - the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" summit, top, peak, tip, crown hilltop, brow - the peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills" pinnacle - a lofty peak place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" mountain peak - the summit of a mountain
	3.	crest - the center of a cambered road crown road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation top side, upper side, upside, top - the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted"
	4.	crest - (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet blazon, blazonry, coat of arms, arms - the official symbols of a family, state, etc. emblem - special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies
	5.	crest - a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal tuft - a bunch of feathers or hair topknot - showy crest or knot of hair or feathers comb, coxcomb, cockscomb - the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
Verb	1.	crest - lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains" cap lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
	2.	crest - reach a high point; "The river crested last night" peak, top out - to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"

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crest

noun

1. top, summit, peak, ridge, highest point, pinnacle, apex, head, crown, height He reached the crest of the hill.

2. tuft, crown, comb, plume, mane, tassel, topknot, cockscomb Both birds had a dark blue crest.

3. emblem, badge, symbol, insignia, charge, bearings, device On the wall is the family crest.

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crest

noun

1. The highest point:

apex, cap, crown, height, peak, roof, summit, top, vertex.

2. The highest point or state:

acme, apex, apogee, climax, crown, culmination, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, top, zenith.

Informal: payoff.

Medicine: fastigium.

verb

To reach or bring to a climax:

cap, climax, crown, culminate, peak, top (off or out).

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Translations

الرّيش في أعلى الخوذهشـارَهعُرْف الدّيكقِمّـه، أوْج

chocholchocholkaerbhřebenhřebínek

fjerbuskkamtopvåbenmærkevåbenskjold

WappenHelmbuschKammKrone

crestacumbrepenachopicoblasón

crêtehuppearêtearmoiriescimier

kakastarajsisakdíszteteje

hápunktur; kambur, tindurhjálmskúfurkamburskjaldarmerki

crestaelmogiungere all'apicemunire di crestapennacchio

kuodaskuoduotasplunksnosskiauterėtas

cekulsemblēmakoremugurasekste

bølgetoppbumerkefamilievåpenfjærbuskfjærtopp

вершинагребеньгребешокгриваконёк

chochol

kam

arma başlığıdorukibiksorguçzirve

mào

峰波峰浪尖盔上的羽毛饰纹章

crest

[krest]

A. N [of bird, wave] → cresta f; [of turkey] → moco m; [of hill] → cima f, cumbre f; (on helmet) → penacho m (Heraldry) → blasón m
to be on the crest of a wave → estar en la cresta de la ola

B. VT [+ hill] → coronar, alcanzar la cima de

C. VI (US) → llegar al máximo, alcanzar su punto más alto
the flood crested at two metres → las aguas llegaron a dos metros sobre su nivel normal

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

crest

[ˈkrɛst] n

[wave] → crête f

[helmet] → cimier m

(on coat of arms) → timbre m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

crest

n

(of bird) → Haube f; (of cock) → Kamm m; (on hat etc) → Federbusch m; (= plume on helmet) → Helmbusch m

(Her) → Helmzierde f; (= coat of arms) → Wappen nt

(of wave, hill, Anat: of horse etc) → Kamm m; (fig: of excitement, popularity) → Höhepunkt m, → Gipfel m; (Phys, of oscillation) → Scheitel(punkt) m; he’s riding on the crest of a wave (fig) → er schwimmt im Augenblick oben

vt (= reach the crest of) → erklimmen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

crest

[krɛst] n (of bird, wave, mountain) → cresta; (on helmet) → pennacchio (Heraldry) → cimiero
to be on the crest of the wave (fig) → essere sulla cresta dell'onda

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

crest

(krest) noun

1. the comb or tuft on the head of a cock or other bird. kuif, kam عُرْف الدّيك птича качулка crista hřebínek, chocholka der Kamm kam; fjerbusk λειρίcresta hari, tutt تاج؛ کاکل harja crête צִיצַת נוֹצוֹת कलगी kresta (kakas)taraj jambul kambur cresta とさか 볏 skiauterė, kuodas sekste; cekuls jambul kamkam, toppgrzebień تاج ، کاکل crista creastă гребешок; хохолок hrebienok, chochol greben kresta kam, tofs หงอน ibik 羽冠 гребінець; чубчик كلغى mào gà , mào chim 鸟冠，羽冠

2. the summit or highest part. the crest of a wave; the crest of a mountain. kruin قِمّـه، أوْج гребен crista špička, hřeben die Krone top κορυφήcresta; pico, cumbre hari قله؛ نوک harja crêteרכס शिखर greben vminek a teteje puncak hápunktur; kambur, tindur cresta; cima てっぺん 정상 ketera, viršūnė kore; (viļņa) mugura puncak kruin bølge-/fjelltopp grzbiet څوکه crista creastă гребень hrebeň greben vrh krön, topp, kam การขึ้นสู่ระดับสูงสุด doruk, zirve 頂，峰 гребінь چ‍وٹ‍ی đỉnh; nóc 顶，峰，波峰，浪尖

3. feathers on the top of a helmet. wapen, skild, helmteken الرّيش في أعلى الخوذه плюмаж penacho chochol der Helmbusch fjerbusk λοφίοcimera tutt پرهای روی کلاه خود harja cimier צִיצַת נוֹצוֹת עַל קַסדָה शिरस्त्राण पर लगे पंख perjanica sisakdísz bulu di atas topi hjálmskúfur cimiero 羽毛飾り (투구의) 꼭대기 장식 plunksnos spalvu pušķis (pie cepures) jambu-jambu pluimhjelmkam, fjærbusk pióropusz د خولی پرمخ بڼکی penacho panaş (de coif) гребень шлема chochol perjanica perjanica hjälmbuske, hjälmkam ขนนกประดับหมวก sorguç 頭盔上的羽飾 гребінь шолома طغرا، كلغى những chiếc lông trên mũ 盔上的羽毛饰

4. a badge or emblem. the family crest. wapen شـارَه фамилен герб timbre erb, znak das Wappen våbenmærke; våbenskjold έμβλημα, οικόσημοblasón embleem نشان vaakuna armoiriesסמל बिल्ला grb címerpajzs lambang skjaldarmerki insegna nobiliare 紋章 문장 herbas emblēma emblem wapenvåpenskjold, familievåpen, bumerkeklejnot نښان timbre blazon герб znak grb grb vapen สัญลักษณ์; ตรา arma başlığı 徽章﹐紋章 герб نشان طغرا huy hiệu 饰章，纹章

ˈcrested adjective

having a tuft on the head. kuif ذو عُرْف качулат com crista chocholatý mit einem Schopf versehen toppet που έχει λοφίο crestado tutiline, tutt- تاجدار töyhtöpäinen huppé בָּעַל צִיצַת נוֹצוֹת कालगीदार, शिखाधर koji ima krestu bóbitás berjambul með fjaðraskúf crestato 冠毛のある 볏이 있는 kuoduotas, skiauterėtas cekulains; ar pušķi izrotāts mempunyai jambul met een kam, gekuifdtoppet grzebieniasty تاج لرونکی cristado cu creastă с хохолком chocholatý grebenast koji ima krestu na glavi tofsprydd ผมหรือขนกำลังขึ้น tepeli, ibikli 頭上有羽飾的 з гребінцем; чубатий كلغى لگا هوا có mào 有顶饰的，有冠毛的

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crest

n. cresta, prominencia; copete.

1. reborde o prominencia de un hueso;

2. la elevación máxima de una línea en un gráfico.

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