Definitions for crest

Overview of noun crest

The noun crest has 5 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (8) crest

(the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave)

2. (3) peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit

(the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit")

3. crown, crest

(the center of a cambered road)

4. crest

((heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet)

5. crest

(a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal)

Overview of verb crest

The verb crest has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. cap, crest

(lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains")

2. crest

(reach a high point; "The river crested last night")