1. The top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
   "The hikers finally reached the crest of the mountain"
    
2. The highest or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
   "the view from the crest was magnificent";
   - peak, crown, top, tip, summit
    
3. A showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
   "The cockatoo raised its colourful crest when excited"
    
4. (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet
   "The knight's helmet bore a crest depicting a lion rampant"
    
5. The centre of a cambered road
   "Water flowed off the crest of the road into the gutters";
   - crown

1. Reach a high point
   "The river crested last night"
    
2. Lie at the top of
   "Snow crested the mountains";
   - cap

Derived forms: crested, crests, cresting

Type of: appendage, emblem, lie, line, outgrowth, peak, place, process, spot, top, top out, top side, topographic point, upper side, upside

Part of: arms, blazon, blazonry, coat of arms, road, route

Encyclopedia: Crest, Drôme