Sekirov Dictionary

crown

/kɹaʊ̯n/

noun40

  1. a ring of gold for the head of a king, a queen or another ruler, as a sign of power
  2. A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
  3. The sovereign of a monarchy; often with reference to that of the Commonwealth realms.
  4. The government of a monarchy; often with reference to one that is a member of the Commonwealth realms.
  5. Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
  6. The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
  7. The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
  8. The topmost part of the head.
  9. The highest part of a hill.
  10. The top section of a hat, above the brim.
  11. The highest part of an arch.
  12. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
  13. The dome of a furnace.
  14. The upper part of certain fruits, as the pineapple or strawberry, that is removed before eating.
  15. The top of a tree.
  16. The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
  17. A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
  18. 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 korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.
  19. (historical) A former predecimalization British coin worth five shillings.
  20. (historical) A coin or note worth five shillings in various countries that are or were in the British Commonwealth, such as Ireland or Jamaica.
  21. The top part of something.
  22. The part of a tooth above the gums.
  23. Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
  24. During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina.
  25. The raised centre of a road.
  26. The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.
  27. Splendor; culmination; acme.
  28. (informal) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.
  29. The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
  30. The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet.
  31. A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
  32. A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
  33. A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
  34. (slang, old-fashioned) The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
  35. A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
  36. (UK) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
  37. (US) A standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
  38. A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.
  39. A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening.
  40. The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.

verb17

  1. To place a crown on the head of.
  2. To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
  3. To declare (someone) a winner.
  4. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
  5. To have its head's surface appear in the vaginal opening during the birthing process.
  6. (slang, vulgar) To have its topmost part emerge partially from the body, as a result of heightened internal pressure in the bowels.
  7. To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
  8. To hit on the head.
  9. To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
  10. (slang) To shoot (someone) in the head.
  11. In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
  12. To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
  13. To spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.
  14. (slang, vulgar) To struggle to hold back an imminent, crowning bowel movement.
  15. To widen the opening of the barrel.
  16. To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
  17. To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.

adjective2

  1. Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.
  2. Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.
forms

crown'd · crowned · crownedst · ycrowned · crowning · crowneth · crowns · crownest

Phrases with crown

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