ALL meanings of crests
crest
C c - noun crests the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit. 1
- noun crests the head or top of anything. 1
- noun crests a ridge or ridgelike formation. 1
- noun crests the foamy top of a wave. 1
- noun crests the point of highest flood, as of a river. 1
- noun crests the highest point or level; climax; culmination. 1
- noun crests a tuft or other natural growth on the top of the head of an animal, as the comb of a rooster. 1
- noun crests anything resembling or suggesting such a tuft. 1
- noun crests the ridge of the neck of a horse, dog, etc. 1
- noun crests the mane growing from this ridge. 1
- noun crests an ornament or heraldic device surmounting a helmet. 1
- noun crests a helmet. 1
- noun crests a ridge running from front to back along the top of a helmet; comb. 1
- noun crests Plural form of crest. 1
- noun crests 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 crests Anatomy. a ridge, especially on a bone. 1
- noun crests a ridge or other prominence on any part of the body of an animal. 1
- noun crests Architecture. a cresting. 1
- noun crests Machinery. (in a screw or other threaded object) the ridge or surface farthest from the body of the object and defined by the flanks of the thread. Compare root1 (def 15a). 1
- verb with object crests to furnish with a crest. 1
- verb with object crests to serve as a crest for; crown or top. 1
- verb with object crests to reach the crest or summit of (a hill, mountain, etc.). 1
- verb without object crests to form or rise to a crest, as a wave or river. 1
- verb without object crests to reach the crest or highest level: Interest in the project has crested. 1
- noun crests plural of crest. 0
- verb crests third-person singular simple present indicative form of crest. 0