Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crest

5 senses of crest

Sense 1
crest -- (the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave)
       => line -- (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)

Sense 2
peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit -- (the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit")
       => topographic point, place, spot -- (a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet")

Sense 3
crown, crest -- (the center of a cambered road)
       => top, top side, upper side, upside -- (the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted")

Sense 4
crest -- ((heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet)
       => emblem -- (special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.)

Sense 5
crest -- (a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal)
       => process, outgrowth, appendage -- (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb crest

2 senses of crest

Sense 1
cap, crest -- (lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains")
       => lie -- (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

Sense 2
crest -- (reach a high point; "The river crested last night")
       => top out, peak -- (to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million")