ALL meanings of crest
crest
C c - countable noun crest The crest of a hill or a wave is the top of it. 3
- verb crest When someone crests a hill, they reach the top of it. 3
- countable noun crest A bird's crest is a group of upright feathers on the top of its head. 3
- countable noun crest A crest is a design that is the symbol of a noble family, a town, or an organization. 3
- noun crest a tuft or growth of feathers, fur, or skin along the top of the heads of some birds, reptiles, and other animals 3
- noun crest something resembling or suggesting this 3
- noun crest the top, highest point, or highest stage of something 3
- noun crest a ridge on the neck of a horse, dog, lion, etc 3
- noun crest the mane or hair growing from this ridge 3
- noun crest an ornamental piece, such as a plume, on top of a helmet 3
- noun crest 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 3
- noun crest a ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc 3
- noun crest a ridge along the surface of a bone 3
- noun crest identifying rings painted around an arrow shaft 3
- verb crest to come or rise to a high point 3
- verb crest to lie at the top of; cap 3
- verb crest to go to or reach the top of (a hill, wave, etc) 3
- noun crest an electronic share-settlement system, created by the Bank of England and owned by 69 firms, that began operations in 1996 3
- noun crest any process or growth on the head of an animal, as a comb or feathered tuft on certain birds 3
- noun crest a plume or emblem, formerly worn on a helmet 3
- noun crest a helmet or its apex 3
- noun crest a heraldic device placed above the shield in a coat of arms, or used separately on seals, silverware, note paper, etc. 3
- noun crest the top of anything, or the line or surface along the top; summit; ridge 3
- noun crest the highest point, level, degree, etc. 3
- noun crest the ridge of the neck of a horse, lion, etc. 3
- noun crest the mane growing on this 3
- abbreviation CREST cresting 3
- noun crest a projecting ridge, as along a bone 3
- verb transitive crest to provide or decorate with a crest 3
- verb transitive crest to lie at the top of; crown 3
- verb transitive crest to reach the crest of 3
- intransitive verb crest to form a crest, as a wave 3
- intransitive verb crest to reach its highest level 3
- noun crest the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit. 1
- noun crest the head or top of anything. 1
- noun crest a ridge or ridgelike formation. 1
- noun crest the foamy top of a wave. 1
- noun crest the point of highest flood, as of a river. 1
- noun crest the highest point or level; climax; culmination. 1
- noun crest a tuft or other natural growth on the top of the head of an animal, as the comb of a rooster. 1
- noun crest anything resembling or suggesting such a tuft. 1
- noun crest the ridge of the neck of a horse, dog, etc. 1
- noun crest the mane growing from this ridge. 1
- noun crest an ornament or heraldic device surmounting a helmet. 1
- noun crest a helmet. 1
- noun crest a ridge running from front to back along the top of a helmet; comb. 1
- noun crest Heraldry. a figure borne above the escutcheon in an achievement of arms, either on a helmet or by itself as a distinguishing device. 1
- noun crest Anatomy. a ridge, especially on a bone. 1
- noun crest a ridge or other prominence on any part of the body of an animal. 1
- noun crest Architecture. a cresting. 1