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   crest

   /krɛst/

   noun

   • 1. a comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal: "a large game bird with a conspicuous erect red crest" Similar combplumetufttopknotmaneaigrettepanachetasseltechnical:caruncle
   • ▪ a plume of feathers on a helmet.
   • 2. the top of a mountain or hill: "she reached the crest of the hill" Similar summitpeakhighest pointtopmountaintoptippinnaclebrowcrownheadcapbrinkapexvertexapogeezenithridgetoraiguilleseracOpposite bottom
   • ▪ a ridge along the surface of a bone: "biopsy specimens of the iliac crest were obtained under local anaesthesia"
   • ▪ the upper line of the neck of a horse or other mammal: "take hold of the mane halfway up the horse's crest"
   • 3. the curling foamy top of a wave: "a high wave formed by the meeting of two crests"
   • 4. a distinctive device representing a family or corporate body, borne above the shield of a coat of arms (originally as worn on a helmet) or separately reproduced, for example on writing paper. Similar insigniaregaliabadgeemblemensigndeviceheraldic devicecoat of armsarmsarmorial bearingescutcheonshieldbearingcharge

   verb

   • 1. reach the top of (a hill or wave): "she crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her"
   • ▪ (of a river, flood, etc.) rise to its highest level. US
   • 2. (of a wave) form a curling foamy top: "the swell begins to curl and crest"
   • 3. have attached at the top: "his helmet was crested with a fan of spikes"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French creste, from Latin crista ‘tuft, plume’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. crestless adjective

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