The meaning of Crest

noun

A headdress consisting of a white egret's feather or other decoration such as a spray of gems.

Usage examples:

Some of the valuable horse aigrettes, which are encrusted and plumed, are also kept in the treasury.

noun

A sharp pinnacle of rock in a mountain range.

Usage examples:

Across the valley, towering above you, is the snow-covered dome of mont blanc, glaciers tumbling do…

noun

The top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point.

Usage examples:

The apex of the roof

verb

Reach a high point or climax.

Usage examples:

Melodic lines build up to the chorus and it apexes at the solo

noun

A system of reduced fares for scheduled airline flights and railway journeys which must be booked and paid for before a certain period in advance of departure.

Usage examples:

Apex fares

noun

The highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination.

Usage examples:

A film which was the apogee of german expressionist cinema

noun

The most successful, popular, or powerful point

Usage examples:

At their apogee, the novels of spillane claimed worldwide sales of over $180 million.

noun

Each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand.

Usage examples:

She held the baby in her arms

verb

Supply or provide with weapons.

Usage examples:

The security forces are armed with automatic rifles

plural noun

Weapons; armaments.

Usage examples:

Arms and ammunition

noun

A small piece of metal, plastic, or cloth bearing a design or words, typically worn to identify a person or to indicate membership of an organization or support for a cause.

Usage examples:

The badge of the cheshire regiment

verb

Mark with a badge or other distinguishing emblem.

Usage examples:

Vendors can badge their products ‘certified’

An emblem that signifies your status

noun

A person's way of standing or moving.

Usage examples:

A man of precise military bearing

verb

Carry the weight of; support.

Usage examples:

The bees form large colonies and need the thick branches of tall trees to bear the weight of their …

noun

Connection to or influence on a result

Usage examples:

The fact that he was ordered to stand trial has no bearing on whether he’ll be found guilty., she w…

noun

The extreme edge of land before a steep slope or a body or water.

Usage examples:

The brink of the cliffs

noun

The edge of a cliff or other high area, or the point at which something good or bad will happen

Usage examples:

The company was on the brink of collapse.

noun

The point where a new, different, or dangerous situation is about to begin

Usage examples:

The brink of collapse/bankruptcy/disaster debt crisis led many companies to the brink of bankruptcy…

noun

A person's forehead.

Usage examples:

He wiped his brow

noun

A gangway from a ship to the shore.

Usage examples:

It was one of the largest crowds seen at any recent ship's departure and two brows were needed to g…

noun

A kind of soft, flat hat, typically with a peak.

Usage examples:

A man wearing a raincoat and a flat cap

verb

Short for percussion cap.

noun

Short for capitalization.

Usage examples:

Mid-cap companies

noun

A wattle of a bird such as a turkeycock.

Usage examples:

Adding to what dominique just said, while feathers are by far the predominant outgrowths there are …

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

noun

A strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair.

Usage examples:

This involves lifting the hair with a metal comb and burning off the ends with a lighted taper.

verb

Short for honeycomb (sense 1 of the noun).

noun

A circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority, usually made of or decorated with precious metals and jewels.

Usage examples:

Room after room of the armoury reveals incredible riches, including the imperial crown, mace and sc…

verb

Ceremonially place a crown on the head of (someone) in order to invest them as a monarch.

Usage examples:

He went to rome to be crowned

noun

A circular decoration for the head, usually made of gold and jewels, worn by a king or queen at official ceremonies

Usage examples:

They won six nba crowns in seven years., her hair stuck straight up from her crown., a gold crown, …

noun

A thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment.

Usage examples:

A measuring device

noun

An object or machine that has been invented to fulfill a particular purpose

Usage examples:

A handheld device, a safety device, electronic/mechanical devices, he invented a device for measuri…

noun

An object or machine which has been invented for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

Biotech and medical devices, you should not use any personal electronic device, such as a cell phon…

noun

A heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family.

Usage examples:

America's national emblem, the bald eagle

noun

An object that is used to represent a particular person, group, or idea, or a picture of the object

Usage examples:

A dove is often used as an emblem of peace.

noun

Something such as a picture which is a symbol for a particular person, organization, group, or idea

Usage examples:

The merchandise carries the alfa romeo emblem., the leather-goods manufacturer began to be seen an …

noun

A flag or standard, especially a military or naval one indicating nationality.

Usage examples:

The blue ensign is not the ensign of the royal naval reserve as such, as is sometimes stated.

noun

A flag on a ship showing the country the ship belongs to

noun

A shield or emblem bearing a coat of arms.

Usage examples:

As weaponry began to render body armor obsolete, coats of arms were scaled down and used on tunics …

noun

The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.

Usage examples:

Whatever comes into my head

adjective

Chief; principal.

Usage examples:

The head waiter

verb

Be in the leading position on.

Usage examples:

The st george's day procession was headed by the mayor

noun

A distinguishing badge or emblem of military rank, office, or membership of an organization.

Usage examples:

A khaki uniform with colonel's insignia on the collar

noun

An object or mark which shows that a person belongs to a particular organization or has a particular rank

Usage examples:

A cub scout insignia

noun

A growth of long hair on the neck of a horse, lion, or other mammal.

Usage examples:

The horse was rushing about in the field, tossing its mane

noun

The long, thick hair that grows along the top of a horse’s neck or around the face and neck of a male lion

noun

The area at the top of a mountain.

Usage examples:

A snow-covered mountaintop

noun

The top of a mountain

noun

Flamboyant confidence of style or manner.

Usage examples:

He entertained london society with great panache

noun

A stylish, original, and very confident way of doing things that makes people admire you

Usage examples:

The orchestra played with great panache., he dressed with panache.

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 long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display or worn by a person for ornament.

Usage examples:

A hat with a jaunty ostrich plume

verb

Spread out in a shape resembling a feather.

Usage examples:

Smoke plumed from the chimneys

noun

A long, large feather

Usage examples:

She wore a hat with a tall white plume., a black plume of smoke rose from the ship.

plural noun

The emblems or insignia of royalty, especially the crown, sceptre, and other ornaments used at a coronation.

Usage examples:

The front was covered with decorations, including mock-ups of a throne and floral crown, window-sil…

noun

Special clothes and decorations, esp. those used at official ceremonies

Usage examples:

He wore the full regalia of a kiowa chieftain.

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 pinnacle or ridge of ice on the surface of a glacier.

Usage examples:

A team of rescue sherpa evacuated the two men down through the towering seracs and debris to base c…

noun

A broad piece of metal or another suitable material, held by straps or a handle attached on one side, used as a protection against blows or missiles.

Usage examples:

Patrick whipped out his new shield and the shield defended against the blow.

verb

Protect from a danger, risk, or unpleasant experience.

Usage examples:

He pulled the cap lower to shield his eyes from the glare

verb

Armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

noun

The highest point of a hill or mountain.

Usage examples:

She climbed back up the path towards the summit

verb

Reach the summit of (a mountain or hill).

Usage examples:

In 2013, 658 climbers summited everest

noun

The top or highest point, esp. of a mountain

Usage examples:

We climbed to the summit of mount rainier., the economic summit did not accomplish all that the pre…

noun

A tuft of loosely hanging threads or cords knotted at one end and attached for decoration to soft furnishings, clothing, or other items.

Usage examples:

Damask curtains were held by silk cords with gold tassels

verb

Decorate with a tassel or tassels.

Usage examples:

The banner was tasselled with silk and golden cords

noun

A small piece of stone or wood supporting the end of a beam or joist.

Usage examples:

A piece of timber projecting out to carry weight was called a "tassel" or a "bragger."

noun

The pointed or rounded end or extremity of something slender or tapering.

Usage examples:

George pressed the tips of his fingers together

verb

Attach to or cover the end or extremity of.

Usage examples:

The peaks of the mountains were tipped with snow

noun

A place where rubbish is left.

Usage examples:

A rubbish tip

noun

The highest or uppermost point, part, or surface of something.

Usage examples:

Doreen stood at the top of the stairs

adjective

Highest in position, rank, or degree.

Usage examples:

The top button of his shirt

verb

Exceed (an amount, level, or number); be more than.

Usage examples:

Losses are expected to top £100 m this year

noun

A knot of hair arranged on the top of the head.

Usage examples:

Many of them keep long hairs arranged as a topknot known as dhammil in their community but not all …

noun

Long hair tied up onto the top part of the back of the head

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

noun

A bunch or collection of threads, grass, hair, etc., held or growing together at the base.

Usage examples:

Scrubby tufts of grass

verb

Provide with a tuft or tufts.

Usage examples:

The fringe can be tasselled or tufted

noun

A number of short pieces of something, such as hair or grass, that grow close together or are held together at the base

Usage examples:

He had only a few tufts of hair on his chin.

noun

The highest point; the top or apex.

Usage examples:

But what vertices of anxiety lie behind the gentle opposition of town and country, youth and age wh…

noun

The point where two lines meet to form an angle, or the point that is opposite the base of a shape

noun

(in mathematics) the point where two lines meet to form an angle, or the point that is opposite the base of a shape

Usage examples:

The vertex of a triangle/cone/pyramid

noun

The time at which something is most powerful or successful.

Usage examples:

In 1977, punk was at its zenith

noun

The best, highest, or most successful point or time

Usage examples:

Their popularity reached its zenith in the mid-1990s.