Crossword-Solution: CREST
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Crest | n. | A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. |
| Crest | n. | The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet. |
| Crest | n. | A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4. |
| Crest | n. | The upper curve of a horse's neck. |
| Crest | n. | The ridge or top of a wave. |
| Crest | n. | The summit of a hill or mountain ridge. |
| Crest | n. | The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage. |
| Crest | n. | The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc. |
| Crest | n. | The top line of a slope or embankment. |
| Crest | v. t. | To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for. |
| Crest | v. t. | To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes. |
| Crest | v. i. | To form a crest. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CREST | anagram | CERTS, CESTR, RECTS |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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eruption
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Sentences with CREST (5)
And the people of the village Welcomed him with songs and dances, Made a joyous feast, and shouted: “Honor be to Hiawatha! He has slain the great Pearl-Feather, Slain the mightiest of Magicians, Him, who sent the fiery fever, Sent the white fog from the fen-lands, Sent disease and death among us!” Ever dear to Hiawatha Was the memory of Mama! And in token of his friendship, As a mark of his remembrance, He adorned and decked his pipe-stem With the crimson tuft of feathers, With the blood-red crest of Mama.
Reign thou in Hell thy Kingdom, let mee serve In Heav’n God ever blessed, and his Divine Behests obey, worthiest to be obey’d, Yet Chains in Hell, not Realms expect: mean while From mee returnd, as erst thou saidst, from flight, This greeting on thy impious Crest receive.
Carl walked rapidly until he came to the crest of the second hill, where the Bergson pasture joined the one that had belonged to his father.
The hill was covered on its northern side by an ancient and decaying plantation of beeches, whose upper verge formed a line over the crest, fringing its arched curve against the sky, like a mane.
Then he resumed his narrative._ “As the hush of evening crept over the world and we proceeded over the hill crest towards Wimbledon, Weena grew tired and wanted to return to the house of grey stone.
Quotes with CREST (3)
There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't sit still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will. They range the field and rove the flood, And they climb the mountain's crest; Their's is the curse of the gypsy blood, And they don't know how to rest.
It’s funny how one summer can change everything. It must be something about the heat and the smell of chlorine, fresh-cut grass and honeysuckle, asphalt sizzling after late-day thunderstorms, the steam rising while everything drips around it. Something about long, lazy days and whirring air conditioners and bright plastic flip-flops from the drugstore thwacking down the street. Something about fall being so close, another year, another Christmas, another beginning. So much in…
Unfortunately, religion often works to shrink and tame the very wild and mysterious forces that first drew our wonder. In the process of making the inexplicable safe for the masses, the possibilities for real illusion-piercing insight becomes reduced. One might say that they are only available to those who dare to ride the breaking crest of direct life-altering experience.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 337 times in crossword archives (1952–2025).