'Crown' definitions:

Definition of 'Crown'

(from WordNet)
noun
The Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy; "the colonies revolted against the Crown"
noun
The part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
noun
A wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory
noun
An ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty [syn: crown, diadem]
noun
The part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head
noun
An English coin worth 5 shillings
noun
The upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant [syn: crown, treetop]
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" [syn: peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit]
noun
The award given to the champion [syn: pennant, crown]
noun
The top of the head [syn: pate, poll, crown]
noun
(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown" [syn: crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown, cap]
noun
The center of a cambered road [syn: crown, crest]
verb
Invest with regal power; enthrone; "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey" [syn: crown, coronate]
verb
Be the culminating event; "The speech crowned the meeting" [syn: crown, top]
verb
Form the topmost part of; "A weather vane crowns the building"
verb
Put an enamel cover on; "crown my teeth"

Definition of 'Crown'

From: GCIDE
  • Crow \Crow\ (kr[=o]), v. i. [imp. Crew (kr[udd]) or Crowed (kr[=o]d); p. p. Crowed (Crown (kr[=o]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Crowing.] [AS. cr[=a]wan; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr[aum]hen, cf. Lith. groti to croak. [root]24. Cf. Crake.]
  • 1. To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. "The cock had crown." --Bayron. [1913 Webster]
  • The morning cock crew loud. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure. [1913 Webster]
  • The sweetest little maid, That ever crowed for kisses. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • To crow over, to exult over a vanquished antagonist. [1913 Webster]
  • Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crown'

From: GCIDE
  • Crown \Crown\ (kr?n), p. p. of Crow. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crown'

From: GCIDE
  • Crown \Crown\ (kroun), n. [OE. corone, coroun, crune, croun, OF. corone, corune, F. couronne, fr. L. corona crown, wreath; akin to Gr. korw`nh anything curved, crown; cf. also L. curvus curved, E. curve, curb, Gael. cruinn round, W. crwn. Cf. Cornice, Corona, Coroner, Coronet.]
  • 1. A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward. "An olive branch and laurel crown." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. --1 Cor. ix. 25. [1913 Webster]
  • Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. --Rev. ii. 10. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Nobles wear coronets; the triple crown of the pope is usually called a tiara. The crown of England is a circle of gold with crosses, fleurs-de-lis, and imperial arches, inclosing a crimson velvet cap, and ornamented with thousands of diamonds and precious stones. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article. [1913 Webster]
  • Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the crown. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
  • Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty. [1913 Webster]
  • There is a power behind the crown greater than the crown itself. --Junius. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish. [1913 Webster]
  • The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. --Prov. xvi. 31. [1913 Webster]
  • A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. --Prov. xvi. 4. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection. [1913 Webster]
  • Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. The topmost part of anything; the summit. [1913 Webster]
  • The steepy crown of the bare mountains. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain. [1913 Webster]
  • From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my crown. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. The part of a hat above the brim. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. (Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. (Arch.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only. [1913 Webster]
  • 12. (Bot.) Same as Corona. [1913 Webster]
  • 13. (Naut.) (a) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank. (b) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line. (c) pl. The bights formed by the several turns of a cable. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • 14. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond. [1913 Webster]
  • 15. The dome of a furnace. [1913 Webster]
  • 16. (Geom.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters. [1913 Webster]
  • 17. (Eccl.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure. [1913 Webster]
  • 18. A size of writing paper. See under Paper. [1913 Webster]
  • 19. A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents. [1913 Webster]
  • 20. An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown. [1913 Webster]
  • Crown of aberration (Astron.), a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun.
  • Crown antler (Zool.), the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim.
  • Crown bar, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace.
  • Crown glass. See under Glass.
  • Crown imperial. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
  • Crown jewels, the jewels appertaining to the sovereign while wearing the crown. [Eng.] "She pawned and set to sale the crown jewels." --Milton.
  • Crown land, land belonging to the crown, that is, to the sovereign.
  • Crown law, the law which governs criminal prosecutions. [Eng.]
  • Crown lawyer, one employed by the crown, as in criminal cases. [Eng.]
  • Crown octavo. See under Paper.
  • Crown office. See in the Vocabulary.
  • Crown paper. See under Paper.
  • Crown piece. See in the Vocabulary.
  • Crown Prince, the heir apparent to a crown or throne.
  • Crown saw. See in the Vocabulary.
  • Crown scab (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof.
  • Crown sheet, the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler.
  • Crown shell. (Zool.) See Acorn-shell.
  • Crown side. See Crown office.
  • Crown tax (Eccl. Hist.), a golden crown, or its value, which was required annually from the Jews by the king of Syria, in the time of the Maccabees. --1 Macc. x. 20.
  • Crown wheel. See in the Vocabulary.
  • Crown work. See in the Vocabulary.
  • Pleas of the crown (Engl. law), criminal actions. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crown'

From: GCIDE
  • Crown \Crown\ (kroun), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crowned (kround); p. pr. & vb. n. Crowning.] [OE. coronen, corunen, crunien, crounien, OF. coroner, F. couronner, fr. L. coronare, fr. corona a crown. See Crown, n.]
  • 1. To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power. [1913 Webster]
  • Her who fairest does appear, Crown her queen of all the year. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Crown him, and say, "Long live our emperor." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou . . . hast crowned him with glory and honor. --Ps. viii. 5. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect. [1913 Webster]
  • Amidst the grove that crowns yon tufted hill. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • One day shall crown the alliance. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To crown the whole, came a proposition. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mech.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Mil.) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach. [1913 Webster]
  • To crown a knot (Naut.), to lay the ends of the strands over and under each other. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'crown'

From: Easton
  • Crown
  • Denotes the plate of gold in the front of the high priest's mitre (Ex. 29:6; 39:30). The same Hebrew word so rendered (ne'zer) denotes the diadem worn by Saul in battle (2 Sam. 1:10), and also that which was used at the coronation of Joash (2 Kings 11:12).
  • The more general name in Hebrew for a crown is _'atarah_, meaning a "circlet." This is used of crowns and head ornaments of divers kinds, including royal crowns. Such was the crown taken from the king of Ammon by David (2 Sam. 12:30). The crown worn by the Assyrian kings was a high mitre, sometimes adorned with flowers. There are sculptures also representing the crowns worn by the early Egyptian and Persian kings. Sometimes a diadem surrounded the royal head-dress of two or three fillets. This probably signified that the wearer had dominion over two or three countries. In Rev. 12:3; 13:1, we read of "many crowns," a token of extended dominion.
  • The ancient Persian crown (Esther 1:11; 2:17; 6:8) was called _kether_; i.e., "a chaplet," a high cap or tiara. Crowns were worn sometimes to represent honour and power (Ezek. 23:42). They were worn at marriages (Cant. 3:11; Isa. 61:10, "ornaments;" R.V., "a garland"), and at feasts and public festivals.
  • The crown was among the Romans and Greeks a symbol of victory and reward. The crown or wreath worn by the victors in the Olympic games was made of leaves of the wild olive; in the Pythian games, of laurel; in the Nemean games, of parsley; and in the Isthmian games, of the pine. The Romans bestowed the "civic crown" on him who saved the life of a citizen. It was made of the leaves of the oak. In opposition to all these fading crowns the apostles speak of the incorruptible crown, the crown of life (James 1:12; Rev. 2:10) "that fadeth not away" (1 Pet. 5:4, Gr. amarantinos; comp. 1:4). Probably the word "amaranth" was applied to flowers we call "everlasting," the "immortal amaranth."

Synonyms of 'crown'

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