crest


2crest

verb

Definition of CREST

transitive verb
1
: to furnish with a crest; also : crown
2
: to reach the crest of <crested the hill and looked around>
intransitive verb
: to rise to a crest <waves cresting in the storm>

Examples of CREST

  1. We crested the hill and looked out around us.

First Known Use of CREST

15th century

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