'Crowning' definitions:
Definition of 'crowning'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment; "the crowning accomplishment of his career"
adjective
Forming or providing a crown or summit; "the crowning star on a Christmas tree"; "her hair was her crowning glory"
Definition of 'Crowning'
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]
Synonyms of 'crowning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arch,
- banner,
- capital,
- capping,
- cardinal,
- central,
- champion,
- chief,
- closing,
- completing,
- completive,
- completory,
- concluding,
- conclusive,
- consummating,
- consummative,
- consummatory,
- culminating,
- culminative,
- dominant,
- ending,
- final,
- finalizing,
- finishing,
- first,
- focal,
- foremost,
- fulfilling,
- great,
- heading,
- headmost,
- hegemonic,
- last,
- leading,
- magisterial,
- main,
- master,
- outtopping,
- overruling,
- overtopping,
- paramount,
- perfecting,
- perfective,
- predominant,
- preeminent,
- preponderant,
- prevailing,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- principal,
- ranking,
- ruling,
- sovereign,
- star,
- stellar,
- supereminent,
- terminal,
- terminating,
- terminative,
- topflight,
- topping,
- ultimate
Words containing 'Crowning'
- Crown,
- Crowned,
- Civic crown,
- Crown City,
- Crown Heights,
- Crown Point,
- Crown Point, IN,
- Crown Prince,
- Crown antler,
- Crown bar,
- Crown colony,
- Crown glass,
- Crown grafting,
- Crown imperial,
- Crown jewels,
- Crown land,
- Crown law,
- Crown lawyer,
- Crown octavo,
- Crown of aberration,
- Crown office,
- Crown paper,
- Crown piece,
- Crown saw,
- Crown scab,
- Crown sheet,
- Crown shell,
- Crown side,
- Crown tax,
- Crown wheel,
- Crown work,
- Crown's evidence,
- Iron crown,
- Mural crown,
- Papal crown,
- Pleas of the crown,
- Thistle crown,
- To crown a knot,
- Triple crown,
- Vallar crown,
- british crown,
- counsel to the crown,
- crown beard,
- crown daisy,
- crown fire,
- crown gall,
- crown jewel,
- crown lens,
- crown monkey,
- crown of thorns,
- crown princess,
- crown roast,
- crown vetch,
- crown wart,
- crowned head,
- crowned pigeon,
- half crown,
- jacket crown,
- nero's crown,
- optical crown,
- Copple-crown,
- Copple-crowned,
- Crown City, OH,
- Crown Heights, NY,
- Crown Point, AK,
- Crown-imperial,
- Crown-post,
- Crown-saw,
- Pine-crowned,
- Steeple-crowned,
- Triple-crowned,
- crown-beard,
- crown-of-the-field,
- golden crown beard,
- high-crowned,
- optical crown glass,
- pinion and crown wheel,
- triple-crown,
- black-crowned thrush,
- gold-crowned kinglet,
- ruby-crowned kinglet,
- ruby-crowned wren,
- triple-crown season,
- white-crowned sparrow,
- yellow-crowned warbler,
- black-crowned night heron,
- yellow-crowned night heron