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Synonyms
crest (krĕst)

[Middle English creste, from Old French, from Latin crista.]

noun 

    1. A usually ornamental tuft, ridge, or similar projection on the head of a bird or other animal.
    2. An elevated, irregularly toothed ridge on the stigmas of certain flowers.
    3. A ridge or an appendage on a plant part, such as on a leaf or petal.
    1. A plume used as decoration on top of a helmet.
    2. A helmet.
    1. Heraldry A device placed above the shield on a coat of arms.
    2. A representation of such a device.
    1. The top, as of a hill or wave.
    2. The highest or culminating point; the peak: the crest of a flood; at the crest of her career.
  5. The ridge on a roof.

verb: crest·ed, crest·ing, crests. 

transitive verb 

  1. To decorate or furnish with a crest.
  2. To reach the crest of: crested the ridge.

intransitive verb 

  1. To form into a crest or crests: waves cresting over the seawall.
  2. To reach a crest: The swollen river crested at 9 p.m.