WikiWord

English

crested

/ˈkɹɛstɪd/ · verb

Meaning

  1. Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
  2. To reach the crest of (a hill or mountain)
  3. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
  4. To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
  5. Having a crest, or ornamental tuft (on an animal) or plume (on a helmet).

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
crested — meaning and etymology | WikiWord