crest (kr st)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 p.m. [Middle English creste, from Old French, from Latin crista; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
crest [krɛst]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a ridge on the neck of a horse, dog, lion, etc.
5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the mane or hair growing from this ridge
6. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) an ornamental piece, such as a plume, on top of a helmet
7. (History / 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. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc.
9. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a ridge along the surface of a bone
10. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Archery) Also called cresting Archery identifying rings painted around an arrow shaft
vb
1. (intr) to come or rise to a high point
2. (tr) to lie at the top of; cap
3. (tr) to go to or reach the top of (a hill, wave, etc.)
[from Old French creste, from Latin crista]
crested adj
crestless adj
CREST [krɛst]
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) an electronic share-settlement system, created by the Bank of England and owned by 69 firms, that began operations in 1996
[from CrestCo, the name of the operating company]
| crest (krst) |
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.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  crest - the top line of a hill, mountain, or waveline - 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"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 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 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 | |
| Verb | 1. | crest - lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains" lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position |
| 2. | crest - reach a high point; "The river crested last night" |
crest
Translations
crest [krest]
crest
n
vt (= reach the crest of) → erklimmen
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
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
to be on the crest of the wave (fig) → essere sulla cresta dell'onda
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
n crest [krest]
1 the comb or tuft on the head of a cock or other bird. kuif, kam عُرْف الدّيك птича качулка hřebínek, chocholka kam; fjerbusk der Kamm λειρί cresta hari, tutt تاج؛ کاکل harja, töyhtö crête צִיצַת נוֹצוֹת कलगी kresta (kakas)taraj jambul kambur cresta とさか 볏 skiauterė, kuodas sekste; cekuls jambul kam kam, (fjær)topp grzebień crista creastă гребешок; хохолок hrebienok, chochol greben kresta kam, tofs หงอน ibik 羽冠 гребінець; чубчик كلغى mào gà , mào chim （禽）冠
2 the summit or highest part the crest of a wave; the crest of a mountain. kruin قِمّـه، أوْج гребен špička, hřeben top die Krone κορυφή cresta; pico, cumbre hari قله؛ نوک harja crête רֶכֶס 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 crista creastă гребень hrebeň greben vrh krön, topp, kam การขึ้นสู่ระดับสูงสุด doruk, zirve 頂，峰 гребінь چوٹی đỉnh; nóc 浪峰
3 feathers on the top of a helmet. wapen, skild, helmteken الرّيش في أعلى الخوذه плюмаж chochol fjerbusk der Helmbusch λοφίο cimera tutt پرهای روی کلاه خود töyhtö 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 pluim hjelmkam, fjærbusk pióropusz 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 erb, znak våbenmærke; våbenskjold das Wappen έμβλημα, οικόσημο blasón embleem نشان tunnus armoiries סֶמֶל बिल्ला grb címerpajzs lambang skjaldarmerki insegna nobiliare 紋章 문장 herbas emblēma emblem wapen våpenskjold, familievåpen, bumerke klejnot timbre blazon герб znak grb grb vapen สัญลักษณ์; ตรา arma başlığı 徽章﹐紋章 герб نشان طغرا huy hiệu 顶饰
adj crested
having a tuft on the head. kuif ذو عُرْف качулат chocholatý toppet mit einem Schopf versehen 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,gekuifd toppet grzebieniasty 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
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