noun
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 shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
The upper curve of a horse's neck.
verb
Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
To 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.
To 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
To 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
noun
Acronym of comparisons, reasons, examples, statistics, testimony, the five types of verbal support used to enhance an oral presentation.