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# crest

noun (a crest, crests); verb (crest, crests, crested, cresting)

«crest» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A crest is a bunch of feathers, fur or skin on the top of an animal's head, like a cockatoo's crest or a rooster's comb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/#m1)
2. The crest of a hill or wave is its top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/#m2)
3. A crest is a special picture or badge of a family, school, team or town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/#m3)
4. To crest is to reach the top of a hill or wave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/#m4)
5. «On the crest of a wave» means very successful at the moment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/#m5)

### In the lessons

In science, crests are animal features, and the crest of a wave is its highest point (the low point is the trough). In history, knights had family crests on shields; schools have crests on uniforms. In geography, the crest is the top of a ridge. Phrases: «school crest», «family crest», «crest of a wave», «crest the hill».

### Examples

- The cockatoo raised its yellow crest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/#x1)
- We reached the crest of the hill and saw the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/#x2)
- Our school crest has a lion and a book on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/#x3)
- The surfer rode the crest of the wave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/#x4)
- The knight's shield showed his family crest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/#x5)
- The river crested after days of rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/#x6)
- In a wave, the crest is the top and the trough is the bottom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/#x7)
- How she lifts her crest, the ugly, spiteful creature! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/#x8)

### Note

Countable. In science problems about waves: the distance from one crest to the next is the wavelength; the height from the middle line to the crest is the amplitude. Related word: «crested» (having a crest).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «crest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crest.html) on Mova free.