crest

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  1. noun A usually ornamental tuft, ridge, or similar projection on the head of a bird or other animal.
  2. noun An elevated, irregularly toothed ridge on the stigmas of certain flowers.
  3. noun A ridge or an appendage on a plant part, such as on a leaf or petal.

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  • His troops, largely composed of those famous Texas regiments which Lee had said “fought grandly and nobly,” and upon whom he relied “in all tight places,” responded to his ardent orders: a small run was crossed, the men rushed up the slope, and the crest was almost in their very grasp. —  A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee
  • As I write this at 9am on Friday, the newest forecast is that the crest will be at 32 feet in about 4 hours. —  CubsNet.com
  • Flood forecasters are predicting the crest could be around 2006 levels, which would cause some damage but not be as dire as in 1997. —  CBC | Top Stories News
  • At the crest was an abrupt outcropping of blackened rocks, where we stopped to locate the two animals. —  In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
  • Twenty-five yards farther along on the crest was another little ledge of rocks, and we worked our way silently along to it in the expectation that the lions might have advanced that far. —  In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
 

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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

ridge ·  summit ·  plume ·  rim ·  brow ·  height ·  fringe ·  expanse ·  crag ·  edge ·  pinnacle ·  spur

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crest:   crests
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English creste, from Old French, from Latin crista; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also creast, from Middle English crest, creste, rarely creest, crist, from Old French creste, creiste, French créte = Provencal Spanish Italian cresta = Portuguese crista, from Latin crista, a comb or tuft on the head of a bird or serpent, a crest.
  2. Early modern English also creast; from Middle English cresten; from crest, n.
 

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