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Crown

A circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority, usually made of or decorated with precious metals and jewels.

King

King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king.

Crown

The top or highest part of something
The crown of the hill

King

A male sovereign.

Crown

The part of a tooth projecting from the gum
A thin layer of enamel covers the crown
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King

One that is supreme or preeminent in a particular group, category, or sphere
"In many countries, soccer is the king of sports" (Cameron W. Barr).

Crown

A British coin with a face value of five shillings or 25 pence, now minted only for commemorative purposes.

King

A man chosen as the winner of a contest or the honorary head of an event
A homecoming king.

Crown

A paper size, 384 × 504 mm.

King

Abbr. K A playing card bearing the figure of a king, ranking above a queen.
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Crown

Ceremonially place a crown on the head of (someone) in order to invest them as a monarch
He went to Rome to be crowned
She was crowned queen in 1953

King

Abbr. K The principal chess piece, which can move one square in any direction and must be protected against checkmate.

Crown

Rest on or form the top of
The distant knoll was crowned with trees

King

A piece in checkers that has been moved to the last row on the opponent's side of the board and been crowned, thus becoming free to move both forward and backward.

Crown

Be the triumphant culmination of (an effort or endeavour, especially a prolonged one)
Years of struggle were crowned by a state visit to Paris

King

Kings(used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.

Crown

Fit a crown to (a tooth)
Simple fillings no longer suffice and the tooth has to be crowned

King

A king-size bed.

Crown

Hit on the head
She contained the urge to crown him

King

Principal or chief, as in size or importance.

Crown

(of a baby's head during labour) fully appear in the vaginal opening prior to emerging
I was able to see our baby's head crowning

King

Of or relating to a king-size bed
King sheets.
A king bed skirt.

Crown

An ornamental circlet or head covering, often made of precious metal set with jewels and worn as a symbol of sovereignty.

King

To make (a piece in checkers) into a king; crown.

Crown

The power, position, or empire of a monarch or of a state governed by constitutional monarchy.

King

A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it is an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.

Crown

The monarch as head of state.

King

A powerful or majorly influential person.
Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".

Crown

A distinction or reward for achievement, especially a title signifying championship in a sport.

King

Something that has a preeminent position.
In times of financial panic, cash is king.

Crown

Something resembling a diadem in shape.

King

A component of certain games.

Crown

A coin stamped with a crown or crowned head on one side.

King

(chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.

Crown

Abbr. cr. A silver coin formerly used in Great Britain and worth five shillings.

King

(card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.

Crown

Any one of several coins, such as the koruna, the krona, or the krone, having a name that means “crown.”

King

A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.

Crown

The top or highest part of the head.

King

The central pin or skittle in bowling games.

Crown

The head itself.

King

A king skin.
Oi mate, have you got kings?

Crown

The top or upper part of a hat.

King

A male dragonfly; a drake.

Crown

The highest point or summit.

King

A king-sized bed.

Crown

The highest, primary, or most valuable part, attribute, or state
Considered the rare Turkish stamp the crown of their collection.

King

The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.

Crown

The part of a tooth that is covered by enamel and projects beyond the gum line.

King

(graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.

Crown

An artificial substitute for the natural crown of a tooth.

King

To crown king, to make (a person) king.

Crown

(Nautical) The lowest part of an anchor, where the arms are joined to the shank.

King

To rule over as king.

Crown

(Architecture) The highest portion of an arch, including the keystone.

King

To perform the duties of a king.

Crown

The upper, spreading part of a tree or shrub.

King

To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.

Crown

The part of a plant, usually at ground level, where the stem and roots merge.

King

To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.

Crown

The persistent, mostly underground base of a perennial herb.

King

To dress and perform as a drag king.

Crown

See corona.

King

A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.

Crown

The crest of an animal, especially of a bird.

King

A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
There was a State without king or nobles.
But yonder comes the powerful King of Day,Rejoicing in the east

Crown

The portion of a cut gem above the girdle.

King

One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.

Crown

To put a crown or garland on the head of.

King

A playing card having the picture of a king{1}; as, the king of diamonds.

Crown

To invest with regal power; enthrone.

King

The chief piece in the game of chess.

Crown

To confer honor, dignity, or reward upon.

King

A crowned man in the game of draughts.

Crown

To surmount or be the highest part of.

King

The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.

Crown

To form the crown, top, or chief ornament of.

King

To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.
Those traitorous captains of Israel who kinged themselves by slaying their masters and reigning in their stead.

Crown

To bring to completion or successful conclusion; consummate
Crowned the event with a lavish reception.

King

A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

Crown

(Dentistry) To put a crown on (a tooth).

King

A competitor who holds a preeminent position

Crown

(Games) To make (a piece in checkers that has reached the last row) into a king by placing another piece upon it.

King

A very wealthy or powerful businessman;
An oil baron

Crown

(Informal) To hit on the head.

King

Preeminence in a particular category or group or field;
The lion is the king of beasts

Crown

To reach a stage in labor when a large segment of the fetal scalp is visible at the vaginal orifice. Used of a fetus.

King

United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

Crown

A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.

King

United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)

Crown

A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.

King

United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)

Crown

(by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
The martyr’s crown

King

A checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward

Crown

Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.

King

One of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king

Crown

(metonym) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.

King

(chess) the weakest but the most important piece

Crown

The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
Treasure recovered from shipwrecks automatically becomes property of the Crown.

Crown

The top part of something:

Crown

The topmost part of the head.

Crown

The highest part of a hill.

Crown

The top section of a hat, above the brim.

Crown

The raised centre of a road.

Crown

The highest part of an arch.

Crown

The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

Crown

The dome of a furnace.

Crown

The upper part of certain fruits, as the pineapple or strawberry, that is removed before eating.

Crown

(architecture) A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.

Crown

Splendor; culmination; acme.

Crown

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, korona.

Crown

(historical) A former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings.

Crown

(botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.

Crown

(forestry) The top of a tree.

Crown

The part of a tooth above the gums.

Crown

(dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.

Crown

(nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling

Crown

(nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet

Crown

(nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.

Crown

(paper) In England, a standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.

Crown

(paper) In American, a standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.

Crown

(chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location

Crown

(medical) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina

Crown

(firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening

Crown

(geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.

Crown

(religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

Crown

A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.

Crown

A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.

Crown

The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.

Crown

Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.
Crown prince

Crown

Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.
A crown fire

Crown

To place a crown on the head of.

Crown

To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.

Crown

To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.

Crown

To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.

Crown

To declare (someone) a winner.

Crown

(medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives.

Crown

(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.

Crown

To hit on the head.

Crown

(video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.

Crown

(board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
“Crown me!” I said, as I moved my checker to the back row.

Crown

(firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.

Crown

(military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.

Crown

(nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.

Crown

(slang) being about to take a poop (usually trying to hold it in, derived from obstetric use: metaphor of "giving birth" to solid poo)

Crown

(archaic) crow

Crown

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.
They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Crown

A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.

Crown

The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; - with the definite article.
Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the crown.
Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown.

Crown

Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.
There is a power behind the crown greater than the crown itself.

Crown

Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.

Crown

Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.
Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss.

Crown

The topmost part of anything; the summit.
The steepy crown of the bare mountains.

Crown

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.
From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches.
Twenty things which I set down:This done, I twenty more-had in my crown.

Crown

The part of a hat above the brim.

Crown

The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.

Crown

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.

Crown

Same as Corona.

Crown

That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.

Crown

The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

Crown

The dome of a furnace.

Crown

The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.

Crown

A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

Crown

A size of writing paper. See under Paper.

Crown

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.

Crown

An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.

Crown

To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.
Her who fairest does appear,Crown her queen of all the year.
Crown him, and say, "Long live our emperor."

Crown

To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
Thou . . . hast crowned him with glory and honor.

Crown

To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
Amidst the grove that crowns yon tufted hill.
One day shall crown the alliance.
To crown the whole, came a proposition.

Crown

To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.

Crown

To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.

Crown

The Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy;
The colonies revolted against the Crown

Crown

The enamel covered part of a tooth above the gum

Crown

A wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory

Crown

An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty

Crown

The part of a hat (the vertex) covering the crown of the head

Crown

An English coin worth 5 shillings

Crown

The upper branches and leaves of a tree

Crown

The top point of a mountain or hill;
The view from the peak was magnificent
They clambered to the summit of Monadnock

Crown

The award given to the champion

Crown

The top of the head

Crown

The center of a cambered road

Crown

Invest with regal power; enthrone;
The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey

Crown

Be the culminating event;
The speech crowned the meeting

Crown

Form the topmost part of;
A weather vane crowns the building

Crown

Put an enamel cover on;
Crown my teeth

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