crest
crest
krɛst
krest
/kɹˈɛst/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "crest"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻā§āρāϟāĻŋ, āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϰ

a prominent feature exhibited by some birds on their heads, consisting of feathers, fur, or skin
crest definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When alarmed or excited, the cardinal can raise the crest on its head, making it appear larger to predators.
āϝāĻ–āύ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻŦāĻž āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻā§āρāϟāĻŋ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϰ, āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻž

the highest point or summit, especially of a mountain or hill, where the incline culminates
crest definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The eagle soared above the crest of the hill, scanning the ground below for prey.
āψāĻ—āϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ āĻāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϰ, āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻž

the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
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āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āĻ•

a symbol or design used in medieval times to decorate a helmet, often representing a family or knightly order
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Each knight wore a different crest on their helmet to identify their allegiance.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āύāĻžāχāϟ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāύ⧁āĻ—āĻ¤ā§āϝ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϞāĻŽā§‡āĻŸā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁

the center of a cambered road
01

āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋, āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to arrive at the topmost part of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The surfer skillfully crested the wave before riding it back to shore.
āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĸ⧇āωāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

lie at the top of
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ

to smile broadly or to show a wide, beaming expression
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After winning the game, he could n't help but crest with pride.
āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻœā§‡āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϏāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ