Crest
noun
The highest part or point of something like a hill or wave.
They reached the crest of the hill and looked down at the valley below.
Often appears as...
- crest of the hill
- crest of the wave
noun
A design or symbol used in heraldry, usually worn on a helmet.
The knight's crest was a griffin, a symbol of courage and strength.
Often appears as...
- family crest
- heraldic crest
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Historical
noun
The top part of a bird's head where there are special feathers.
The cockatoo's yellow crest fluffed up when he got excited.
Often appears as...
- bird's crest
- crest feathers
verb
To reach the top of something like a hill or wave.
The climber crested the hill and could see the finish line.
Often appears as...
- crest the hill
- crest the wave
noun
The highest part or point of something like a hill or wave.
They reached the crest of the hill and looked down at the valley below.
Often appears as...
- crest of the hill
- crest of the wave
noun
A design or symbol used in heraldry, usually worn on a helmet.
The knight's crest was a griffin, a symbol of courage and strength.
Often appears as...
- family crest
- heraldic crest
Usage tips
Historical
noun
The top part of a bird's head where there are special feathers.
The cockatoo's yellow crest fluffed up when he got excited.
Often appears as...
- bird's crest
- crest feathers
verb
To reach the top of something like a hill or wave.
The climber crested the hill and could see the finish line.
Often appears as...
- crest the hill
- crest the wave
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Pro Tip 1/3Natural Landmarks
Used to describe high points in nature, often providing a good viewpoint.
After a long hike, they stood on the crest, enjoying the panoramic view.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Uses
Can describe high points in situations or abstract concepts, like a career.
She was at the crest of her professional life.
Pro Tip 3/3Wave Dynamics
In surfing or sea-related contexts, it refers to the top of a wave.
The surfer rode right to the crest of the wave before it broke.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Landmarks
Used to describe high points in nature, often providing a good viewpoint.
After a long hike, they stood on the crest, enjoying the panoramic view.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Uses
Can describe high points in situations or abstract concepts, like a career.
She was at the crest of her professional life.
Pro Tip 3/3Wave Dynamics
In surfing or sea-related contexts, it refers to the top of a wave.
The surfer rode right to the crest of the wave before it broke.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Landmarks
Used to describe high points in nature, often providing a good viewpoint.
After a long hike, they stood on the crest, enjoying the panoramic view.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Uses
Can describe high points in situations or abstract concepts, like a career.
She was at the crest of her professional life.
Pro Tip 3/3Wave Dynamics
In surfing or sea-related contexts, it refers to the top of a wave.
The surfer rode right to the crest of the wave before it broke.
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Jack Horner: Shape-shifti...
he used the cassowary as an example. And it's kind of cool -- if you look at the cassowary, or any of the birds that have crests on their heads, they grow to about 80 percent adult size before the crest starts to grow. Now think about that. They're basically retaining their juvenile characteristics
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The Reality Behind...
There's a lot of unboxing videos like my pets just arrived and now we're going to see what it is, kind of thing. So what else have we got? This person is taking their reptile for a walk on a lead. So I know from this species that that crest is the threat display and it is firing that threat display
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How do we know what...
which can shine in all the colors of the rainbow. To understand how that works, it helps to remember some things about light. Light is basically a tiny electromagnetic wave traveling through space. The top of a wave is called its crest and the distance between two crests is called the wavelength.
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How did teeth evolve? -...
each shaped by evolutionary needs. Straighten the crests and remove the shelf, and you’ve got the conveniently bladed teeth of cats and dogs. Remove the front cusp, raise the shelf, and you’ve got our human molars. A few additional tweaks get you a horse or cow tooth.
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Tsunamis 101 PIPE National...
shallower floor slows it down and raises its height by the time it reaches the shore the weight can be as tall as 100 feet unlike ordinary waves a tsunami wave doesn't crest and break instead it moves forward like a solid wall of water that crashes over the coastline
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The physics of surfing -...
by repositioning your weight. Above you is the wave’s crest, where the water particles are undergoing their greatest acceleration. That forces them to move faster than the underlying wave, so they shoot ahead before falling under gravity’s influence.
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Can you solve the dark...
The bad news is that he's not quite as generous about letting you leave the dungeon, unless you solve his puzzle. The task sounds simple enough. Both faces of each coin bear the fearsome scorpion crest, one in silver,
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Tom Shannon's...
Except there is a slight tether here, which keeps it from going over the top of its field. It's sort of surfing on a magnetic field at the crest of a wave. And that's what supports the object and keeps it stable.
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Tsunami 101 PIPE National...
enter shallow waters friction with the ocean floor lowers the wave speed and raises their height until it landfall they can engulf story unlike ordinary waves a tsunami wave doesn't crest and break instead it
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Killer Tsunamis PIPE...
doesn't crest and break instead it advances like a wall of water that crashes over the coastline and everything in its way reaching even as far as a mind inland more damage is caused when the
Video examples
Jack Horner: Shape-shifti...
he used the cassowary as an example. And it's kind of cool -- if you look at the cassowary, or any of the birds that have crests on their heads, they grow to about 80 percent adult size before the crest starts to grow. Now think about that. They're basically retaining their juvenile characteristics
Video examples
The Reality Behind...
There's a lot of unboxing videos like my pets just arrived and now we're going to see what it is, kind of thing. So what else have we got? This person is taking their reptile for a walk on a lead. So I know from this species that that crest is the threat display and it is firing that threat display
Video examples
How do we know what...
which can shine in all the colors of the rainbow. To understand how that works, it helps to remember some things about light. Light is basically a tiny electromagnetic wave traveling through space. The top of a wave is called its crest and the distance between two crests is called the wavelength.
Video examples
How did teeth evolve? -...
each shaped by evolutionary needs. Straighten the crests and remove the shelf, and you’ve got the conveniently bladed teeth of cats and dogs. Remove the front cusp, raise the shelf, and you’ve got our human molars. A few additional tweaks get you a horse or cow tooth.
Video examples
Tsunamis 101 PIPE National...
shallower floor slows it down and raises its height by the time it reaches the shore the weight can be as tall as 100 feet unlike ordinary waves a tsunami wave doesn't crest and break instead it moves forward like a solid wall of water that crashes over the coastline
Video examples
The physics of surfing -...
by repositioning your weight. Above you is the wave’s crest, where the water particles are undergoing their greatest acceleration. That forces them to move faster than the underlying wave, so they shoot ahead before falling under gravity’s influence.
Video examples
Can you solve the dark...
The bad news is that he's not quite as generous about letting you leave the dungeon, unless you solve his puzzle. The task sounds simple enough. Both faces of each coin bear the fearsome scorpion crest, one in silver,
Video examples
Tom Shannon's...
Except there is a slight tether here, which keeps it from going over the top of its field. It's sort of surfing on a magnetic field at the crest of a wave. And that's what supports the object and keeps it stable.
Video examples
Tsunami 101 PIPE National...
enter shallow waters friction with the ocean floor lowers the wave speed and raises their height until it landfall they can engulf story unlike ordinary waves a tsunami wave doesn't crest and break instead it
Video examples
Killer Tsunamis PIPE...
doesn't crest and break instead it advances like a wall of water that crashes over the coastline and everything in its way reaching even as far as a mind inland more damage is caused when the
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Luke Bryan
American Musician
I refuse to be one of those artists who, 10 years from now, they're bitter about the rise and the fall of their career. I understand that somewhere there's a peak and a crest for me, and I'm going to enjoy all levels. I'm going to enjoy this ride that I'm on, and when it slows down, that's when it will be time for another phase of my life.
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Rob Page
We've got a lot of players not playing domestic football week in, week out. What is it? Is it the crest on their chest that makes them raise their game? It must be. It's playing for Wales. It's powerful and everybody would walk on broken glass to get into this squad.
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Jane Seymour
English Actress
And I always think of life like a giant wave. You know, it rises and it crests and it flies, and it's just magnificent, and then it crashes. And for a lot of people, when it crashes, that's the end, and they go down the deep, dark hole of depression.
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Christian Louboutin
French Designer
A lot of my friends have tattoos; I realized that it's not only just a part of pop culture, but a bit of a map on someone's body, which says something about people. A part of their life, like an armor or a crest.
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Olivia De Havilland
American Actress
Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.
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Ernest Shackleton
Irish Explorer
I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave.
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Jennifer Ehle
American Actress
You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I retreat, and I haven't come to any harm yet.
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Susan Sullivan
American Actress
My timing in life has been extraordinary. I've ridden the crest of the wave of the women's movement.
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Knute Rockne
American Coach
When you were riding on the crest of a wave, youwere most likely to be missing out on something.
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Edwin Markham
American Poet
The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is brotherhood.
Quote examples
Luke Bryan
American Musician
I refuse to be one of those artists who, 10 years from now, they're bitter about the rise and the fall of their career. I understand that somewhere there's a peak and a crest for me, and I'm going to enjoy all levels. I'm going to enjoy this ride that I'm on, and when it slows down, that's when it will be time for another phase of my life.
Quote examples
Rob Page
We've got a lot of players not playing domestic football week in, week out. What is it? Is it the crest on their chest that makes them raise their game? It must be. It's playing for Wales. It's powerful and everybody would walk on broken glass to get into this squad.
Quote examples
Jane Seymour
English Actress
And I always think of life like a giant wave. You know, it rises and it crests and it flies, and it's just magnificent, and then it crashes. And for a lot of people, when it crashes, that's the end, and they go down the deep, dark hole of depression.
Quote examples
Christian Louboutin
French Designer
A lot of my friends have tattoos; I realized that it's not only just a part of pop culture, but a bit of a map on someone's body, which says something about people. A part of their life, like an armor or a crest.
Quote examples
Olivia De Havilland
American Actress
Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.
Quote examples
Ernest Shackleton
Irish Explorer
I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave.
Quote examples
Jennifer Ehle
American Actress
You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I retreat, and I haven't come to any harm yet.
Quote examples
Susan Sullivan
American Actress
My timing in life has been extraordinary. I've ridden the crest of the wave of the women's movement.
Quote examples
Knute Rockne
American Coach
When you were riding on the crest of a wave, youwere most likely to be missing out on something.
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Edwin Markham
American Poet
The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is brotherhood.
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