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Word: Crest
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French creste, from Latin crista ‘tuft, plume’
krɛst
a comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
Short Definition:tuft of feathers, fur, or skin
Examples:- a large game bird with a conspicuous erect red crest
the top of a mountain or hill
Short Definition:top of mountain or hill
Examples:- she reached the crest of the hill
the curling foamy top of a wave
Short Definition:foamy top of wave
Examples:- a high wave formed by the meeting of two crests
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.
Short Definition:heraldic device
Word: Crest
Speech Type: Verb
krɛst
reach the top of (a hill or wave)
Short Definition:reach top of
Examples:- she crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her
(of a wave) form a curling foamy top
Short Definition:(of wave) form crest
Examples:- the swell begins to curl and crest
have attached at the top
Short Definition:have attached at top
Examples:- his helmet was crested with a fan of spikes
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