Definitions
a showy growth of e.g.
feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
Word origin
From Middle English creste, from Old French creste (modern French crête) and perhaps continuing Old English cræsta (“crest, tuft, plume”); both ultimately from Vulgar Latin *cresta, from Latin crista. Doublet of crista.
Used in a sentence
“the land rolls gently, so that, upon cresting a low rise or passing a copse of wind turbines, you suddenly spot a lot full of lorries or a complex of gigantic sheds.”
“His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm / Crested the world.”
“groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Peak ridge”5 letters
02“Top of a wave”5 letters
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