crown

  1. Noun.  A reward of victory or a mark of honor.
  2. Noun.  A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
  3. Noun.  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.
  4. Noun.  A wreath or band for the head.
  5. Noun.  Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
  6. Noun.  The topmost part of the head.
  7. Noun.  The highest part a hill.
  8. Noun.  The top part of a hat.
  9. Noun.  The raised centre of a road.
  10. Noun.  The highest part of an arch.
  11. Noun.  Splendor, finish, culmination.
  12. Noun.  Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress).
  13. Noun.  Specifically, a former British coin worth five shillings.
  14. Noun.  (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
  15. Noun.  (anatomy) The part of a tooth above the gums.
  16. Noun.  (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth..
  17. Noun.  (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
  18. Noun.  (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet.
  19. Noun.  (context, paper) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 inches x 15 inches.
  20. Noun.  (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.
  21. Noun.  (medical) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina.
  22. Adjective.  Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.
  23. Adjective.  Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.
  24. Verb.  To place a crown on the head of.
  25. Verb.  To formally declare (someone) a king or emperor.
  26. Verb.  To declare (someone) a winner.
  27. Verb.  (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
  28. 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.
  29. Verb.  To hit on the head.
  30. Verb.  (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
  31. Verb.  (context, board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.

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