/kɹɛst/
OriginFrom Middle English creste, from Old French creste (modern French crête) and perhaps continuing Old English cræsta (“crest, tuft, plume”); both ultimately from Vulgar Latin *cresta, from Latin crista. Doublet of crista.
The informal meaning “design, logo” (noun sense 11) stems from a misinterpretation of the heraldic noun sense 4, which specifically refers to the object placed on top of the helm.
- The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
- A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
- The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
- A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
“I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's sh”
- The upper curve of a horse's neck.
- The ridge or top of a wave.
- The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
- The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
- The top line of a slope or embankment.
- A ridge along the surface of a bone.
- informalA design or logo, especially one of an institution, sports club, association or high-class family.
“Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competit”
- Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.
- abbreviation, acronym, alt-ofAcronym of comparisons, reasons, examples, statistics, testimony, the five types of verbal support used to enhance an oral presentation.
- intransitiveParticularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
- transitiveTo reach the crest of (e.g. a hill or mountain).
“the land rolls gently, so that, upon cresting a low rise or passing a copse of wind turbines, you suddenly spot a lot full of lorries or a complex of gigantic sheds.”
- transitiveTo furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
“His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm / Crested the world.”
“groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow”
- transitiveTo mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
“Like as the shining skie in summers night, / What time the dayes with scorching heat abound, / Is creasted all with lines of firie light”
- A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
- A surname.
Formscrests(plural) · crests(present, singular, third-person) · cresting(participle, present) · crested(participle, past) · crested(past)