crest

(noun, verb)

noun

1. the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave

Definition categories: location, line

2. the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

Similar word(s): crown, peak, summit, tip, top

Definition categories: location, place, spot

3. the center of a cambered road

Similar word(s): crown

Definition categories: man–made, top, upside

4. (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet

Definition categories: man–made, emblem

5. a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal

Definition categories: animal, appendage, outgrowth, process

verb

1. lie at the top of

Similar word(s): cap

Definition categories: stative, lie

2. reach a high point

- The river crested last night

Definition categories: motion, peak