crested
IPA: krˈɛstʌd
noun
- Any of various creatures having a crest.
adjective
- Having a crest, or ornamental tuft (on an animal) or plume (on a helmet).
- Having a heraldic crest, badge, shield-like emblem, etc.
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Examples of "crested" in Sentences
- Here the current, flowing deep and strong, is met by the wind and runs high in crested waves.
- But, just so you know, it's going to be hard to beat having my nude body covered in crested geckos.
- The next equestrian figure (IV) shows the fluted, or as it was called crested, armour, of about 1500.
- "Something kind of crested up out of the water ... and we pretty quickly realized it wasn't a tuna," said Bruce Sweet, the vessel's skipper.
- The sun has just kind of crested behind the mountains on the western side here of El Paso, so a beautiful West Texas desert evening as this plane approaches.
- MAUREPAS, LA (WAFB) - The Amite River at French Settlement has crested, which is some positive news for the flooding in the Livingston Parish town of Maurepas.
- Sounds like a Mexican buzzard, formally known as the crested caracara, said Johnson County outdoorsman Ronnie Galbreath, who raises boer-cross goats outside Joshua.
- In some parts of the Middle East some grasses, such as crested wheat, grew wild in such abundance that enough food could be harvested by a family in a few weeks to last them for a year.
- A&S was one of several companies in the early 20th century that made this kind of crested china, meaning that it has -- as you can see -- the crest of a particular town on it, in this case Three Bridges.
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