crown in English dictionary

  • crown

    Meanings and definitions of "crown"

    • A reward of victory or a mark of honor.
    • A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
    • A representation of such a headdress, as in heraldry; it may even be that only the image exists, no physical crown, as in the case of the kingdom of Belgium; by analogy such crowns can be awarded to moral persons that don't even have a head, as the mural crown for cities in heraldry
    • A wreath or band for the head.
    • Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
    • The topmost part of the head.
    • The highest part a hill.
    • The top part of a hat.
    • The raised centre of a road.
    • The highest part of an arch.
    • Splendor, finish, culmination.
    • Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress)
    • Specifically, a former British coin worth five shillings.
    • (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
    • (anatomy) The part of a tooth above the gums.
    • (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
    • (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling
    • (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet
    • (paper) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 inches x 15 inches.
    • (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location
    • Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.
    • Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.
    • To place a crown on the head of.
    • To formally declare (someone) a king or emperor.
    • To declare (someone) a winner.
    • (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
    • To hit on the head
    • (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
    • (board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
    • adjective
      Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.
    • adjective
      Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.
    • noun
      A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
    • noun
      (heraldry)
      A representation of such a headdress, as in heraldry; it may even be that only the image exists, no physical crown, as in the case of the kingdom of Belgium; by analogy such crowns can be awarded to moral persons that don't even have a head, as the mural crown for cities in heraldry
    • noun
      A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
    • noun
      (by extension)
      Any reward of victory or a mark of honor.
    • noun
      Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
    • noun
      The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
    • noun
      (by extension, especially in law)
      The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
    • noun
      The topmost part of the head.
    • noun
      The highest part of a hill.
    • noun
      The top section of a hat, above the brim.
    • noun
      The raised centre of a road.
    • noun
      The highest part of an arch.
    • noun
      Splendor; culmination; acme.
    • noun
      Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); ( translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna, kruna, krone
    • noun
      (historical)
      A former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings.
    • noun
      (botany)
      The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
    • noun
      (forestry)
      The top of a tree.
    • noun
      (anatomy)
      The part of a tooth above the gums.
    • noun
      (dentistry)
      A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling
    • noun
      (nautical)
      The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet
    • noun
      (nautical)
      The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
    • noun
      (nautical, in the plural)
      The bights formed by the turns of a cable.
    • noun
      (paper)
      A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 inches x 15 inches.
    • noun
      (chemistry)
      A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location
    • noun
      (medicine)
      During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina
    • noun
      (firearms)
      A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening
    • noun
      The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
    • noun
      The dome of a furnace.
    • noun
      (geometry)
      The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
    • noun
      (religion)
      A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
    • noun
      A whole turkey with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
    • noun
      (African-American colloquialism)
      A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; elliptical for church crown.
    • verb
      (obsolete)
      past participle of [i]crow[/i]
    • verb
      To place a crown on the head of.
    • verb
      To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
    • verb
      To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
    • verb
      To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
    • verb
      To declare (someone) a winner.
    • verb
      (medicine)
      Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
    • verb
      To hit on the head.
    • verb
      (video games)
      To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
    • verb
      (board games)
      In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
    • verb
      (firearms)
      To widen the opening of the barrel.
    • verb
      (military)
      To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
    • verb
      (nautical)
      To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
    • A restoration of teeth using materials that are fabricated by indirect methods which are cemented into place.
    • (nobleman’s) seat
    • crown (of head)
    • cap (esp. a traditional cap worn with sokutai or ikan clothing)
    • (dental) crown
    • reward of victory or a mark of honor
    • royal, imperial or princely headdress
    • representation of such a headdress
    • wreath or band for the head
    • imperial or regal power
    • of the head
    • of a hill
    • centre of a road
    • highest part of an arch
    • of a hat
    • splendor, finish, culmination
    • any currency issued by the crown
    • former British coin worth five shillings
    • part of a plant where the root and stem meet
    • anatomy: part of tooth
    • dentistry: prosthetic covering for a tooth
    • part of an anchor
    • of, related to, or pertaining to a crown
    • to place a crown on the head of
    • to formally declare one a king or emperor
    • declare one a winner
    • noun
      an English coin worth 5 shillings
    • noun
      an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
    • noun
      a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory
    • noun
      (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"
    • noun
      the award given to the champion
    • noun
      the center of a cambered road
    • noun
      the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head
    • noun
      the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
    • noun
      the top of the head
    • noun
      the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"
    • noun
      the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant
    • verb
      be the culminating event; "The speech crowned the meeting"
    • verb
      form the topmost part of; "A weather vane crowns the building"
    • verb
      invest with regal power; enthrone; "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey"
    • verb
      put an enamel cover on; "crown my teeth"

    Synonyms of "crown" in English dictionary

    head, wreath, coin are the top synonyms of "crown" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of crown

    • crown ( plural  crowns)
    • crown ( not comparable)
    • crown ( third-person singular simple present crowns, present participle crowning, simple past and past participle crowned)
    • crown (not comparable)
    • crown (plural crowns)
    • crown (third-person singular simple present crowns, present participle crowning, simple past and past participle crowned)
  • Crown

    Meanings and definitions of "crown"

    • proper
      (government)
      The sovereign, in a monarchic country.
    • proper
      (government)
      The government, in a monarchic country.
    • proper
      (Canada, law)
      A Crown attorney.
    • noun
      the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy; "the colonies revolted against the Crown"

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