Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to crest
Participle: crested
Gerund: cresting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | crest |
| you | crest |
| he;she;it | crests |
| we | crest |
| you | crest |
| they | crest |
Perfect
| I | have crested |
| you | have crested |
| he;she;it | has crested |
| we | have crested |
| you | have crested |
| they | have crested |
Past
| I | crested |
| you | crested |
| he;she;it | crested |
| we | crested |
| you | crested |
| they | crested |
Pluperfect
| I | had crested |
| you | had crested |
| he;she;it | had crested |
| we | had crested |
| you | had crested |
| they | had crested |
Future
| I | will crest |
| you | will crest |
| he;she;it | will crest |
| we | will crest |
| you | will crest |
| they | will crest |
Future Perfect
| I | will have crested |
| you | will have crested |
| he;she;it | will have crested |
| we | will have crested |
| you | will have crested |
| they | will have crested |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | crest |
| you | crest |
| he;she;it | crest |
| we | crest |
| you | crest |
| they | crest |
Perfect
| I | have crested |
| you | have crested |
| he;she;it | have crested |
| we | have crested |
| you | have crested |
| they | have crested |
Imperfect
| I | crested |
| you | crested |
| he;she;it | crested |
| we | crested |
| you | crested |
| they | crested |
Pluperfect
| I | had crested |
| you | had crested |
| he;she;it | had crested |
| we | had crested |
| you | had crested |
| they | had crested |
Conditional
Present
| I | would crest |
| you | would crest |
| he;she;it | would crest |
| we | would crest |
| you | would crest |
| they | would crest |
Perfect
| I | would have crested |
| you | would have crested |
| he;she;it | would have crested |
| we | would have crested |
| you | would have crested |
| they | would have crested |
Imperative
| you | crest |
| we | Let's crest |
| you | crest |
Verbs conjugated like 'crest'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'crest'
chest,
crust,
prest,
rest,
wrest,
aret,
arrest,
best,
brast,
breast,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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.
2. The informal meaning “design, logo” (noun sense 11) stems from a misinterpretation of the heraldic noun sense 4, which specifically refers to the object placed on top of the helm.
Sample Sentences
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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. [2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:]
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His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm / Crested the world. [c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:]
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groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow [1815, William Wordsworth, Extracts from An Evening Walk:]
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Like as the shining skie in summers night, / What time the dayes with scorching heat abound, / Is creasted all with lines of firie light [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 13:]