The meaning of Crag

noun

The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.

Usage examples:

Willows lined the bank of the stream

verb

Heap (a substance) into a mass or mound.

Usage examples:

The rain banked the soil up behind the gate

verb

Deposit (money or valuables) in a bank.

Usage examples:

She may have banked a cheque in the wrong account

noun

An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something.

Usage examples:

The offer was denounced as a bluff

verb

Try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.

Usage examples:

He's been bluffing all along

adjective

Direct in speech or behaviour but in a good-natured way.

Usage examples:

A big, bluff, hearty man

noun

A steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea.

Usage examples:

A coast path along the top of rugged cliffs

noun

A high area of rock with a steep side, often on a coast

noun

Fame or acknowledged superiority within a particular sphere.

Usage examples:

Her eminence in cinematography

noun

The state of being famous and important

Usage examples:

His eminence as a lawyer

noun

A long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.

Usage examples:

Perhaps the most striking feature is the steep escarpment that characterizes the northwest-facing e…

noun

A narrow piece of land that projects from a coastline into the sea.

Usage examples:

The fal estuary is long and wide, and falmouth grew along its western side in a straggling way, cur…

noun

A piece of land that sticks out from the coast into the sea

noun

The measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top.

Usage examples:

Columns rising to 65 feet in height

verb

Hang or extend outwards over.

Usage examples:

A concrete path overhung by jacaranda trees

noun

A part of something that extends or hangs over something else.

Usage examples:

He crouched beneath an overhang of bushes

verb

(of something at a high level) to stick out farther than something at a lower level and therefore not to have any support from below, or to hang over

Usage examples:

The balcony overhangs the patio, creating a shady place to sit., the house has a deep overhang faci…

noun

The pointed top of a mountain.

Usage examples:

Tatters of fog clung to the peak of the mountain

verb

Reach a highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified time.

Usage examples:

The disease peaked in summer

adjective

At the highest level; maximum.

Usage examples:

The canal was restored to peak condition

noun

The most successful point; the culmination.

Usage examples:

He had reached the pinnacle of his career

verb

Form the culminating point or example of.

Usage examples:

Anybody who knows jake's career knows that he pinnacled the liberal-media ladder a decade ago and t…

noun

The most successful point

Usage examples:

The olympics represent the pinnacle of athletic achievement., the volcanic range is extremely rugge…

noun

A very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.

Usage examples:

We swerved toward the edge of the precipice

noun

A very steep side of a cliff or mountain

Usage examples:

We stood at the edge of the precipice and looked down at the sea.

noun

A point of high land that juts out into the sea or a large lake; a headland.

Usage examples:

A rocky promontory

noun

A narrow area of high land that sticks out into the sea

noun

A long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed.

Usage examples:

The north-east ridge of everest

verb

Mark with or form into narrow raised bands.

Usage examples:

A field ploughed in narrow stretches that are ridged up slightly

noun

A long, narrow, raised part of a surface, esp. a high edge of a hill or mountain

Usage examples:

A mountain ridge, plowed ridges looked like stripes across the field.

noun

A very steep bank or slope; an escarpment.

Usage examples:

The north face is a very steep scarp

verb

Cut or erode (a slope or hillside) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous.

Usage examples:

The scarped edge of the central plateau

noun

A steep slope or cliff formed by folded or eroded layers of rock

noun

A surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface.

Usage examples:

He slithered helplessly down the slope

verb

(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down.

Usage examples:

The garden sloped down to a stream

noun

A hill or rocky peak.

Usage examples:

Glastonbury tor

noun

A large piece or area of rock that sticks up from a hill, or the hill itself