crest
/kɹɛst/ verb C2- Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
- To reach the crest of (e.g. a hill or mountain).
- To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
- To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
He/she/it crests · Past crested · Past participle crested · -ing form cresting
Verb forms
- Base form
- crest
- He/she/it
- crests
- Past
- crested
- Past participle
- crested
- -ing form
- cresting
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Realizing this, Villefort came to the rescue of the crest-fallen minister, instead of aiding to crush him.
Gregson looked quite crest-fallen.
They had driven over the crest of a hill.
They were on the crest of a hill.
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