Dictionary Entry
crest
crest is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
- 2noun
The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet.
- 3noun
A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4.
- 4noun
The upper curve of a horse's neck.
- 5noun
The ridge or top of a wave.
- 6noun
The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
- 7noun
The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
- 8noun
The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
- 9noun
The top line of a slope or embankment.
- 10transitive verb
To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
- 11transitive verb
To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.
- 12intransitive verb
To form a crest.
- 13noun
a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
- 14noun
(heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet
- 15noun
the center of a cambered road
Synonyms
- 16noun
the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- 17noun
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"
- 18verb
reach a high point
"The river crested last night"
- 19verb
lie at the top of
"Snow capped the mountains"
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