N-COUNT (贵族家庭、城镇或组织的)饰章，纹章 A crest is a design that is the symbol of a noble family, a town, or an organization. On the wall is the family crest. Thank you for visiting Crest Cars. At our Frisco, Texas car dealerships we take great pride in putting our customers first. From exceptional customer service to a large selection of luxury vehicles for you to choose from, we are your one-stop shop for all your car needs.

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Englishcreste, borrowed from Old Frenchcreste (modern crête), from Latincrista.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /kɹɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

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Noun[edit]

crest (pluralcrests)

1. A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
2. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
3. (heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
   • 1897, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity‎^[1]:

     I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.

4. The upper curve of a horse's neck.
5. The ridge or top of a wave.
6. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
   A helmet with a crest.
7. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
8. The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
9. The top line of a slope or embankment.
10. (anatomy) A ridge along the surface of a bone.
11. (informal) A design or logo, especially one of an institution, association or high-class family.
    • 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[2]:

      Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”

12. Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.

Synonyms[edit]

• (skin on head of birds):comb, cockscomb

Coordinate terms[edit]

• (skin on head of birds):caruncle, snood, wattle

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Asguard guard. crest (third-person singular simple presentcrests, present participlecresting, simple past and past participlecrested)

1. (intransitive) Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
2. (transitive) To reach the crest of (a hill or mountain)
   • 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:

     the land rolls gently, so that, upon cresting a low rise or passing a copse of wind turbines, you suddenly spot a lot full of lorries or a complex of gigantic sheds.

3. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
   • c.1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, , [Act V, scene ii]:

     His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm / Crested the world.

   • (Can we date this quote by Wordsworth and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow

4. To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
   • (Can we date this quote by Spenser and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     Like as the shining sky in summer's night, […] / Is crested with lines of fiery light.

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