VERB + CREST
gain, reach
After hours of climbing, the hikers gained the crest of the mountain just before sunset.
PREP
on a/the ~
The hikers reached the mountain peak and looked down from the crest.
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.
To go through a period of maximal prosperity.
Some days we gracefully ride the crest of the wave all the way into shore, and the next day it crashes over us and takes us under. Which waves we catch and which ones catch us is a
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
WiktionaryHungry 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
Wiktionarythe 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.
WiktionaryHis legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm / Crested the world.
Wiktionarygroves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow
WiktionaryI've forgotten. Was House Lancaster's family crest a red rose, or a white rose?
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