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CROWN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

acme; apex; peak; vertex (the highest point (of something))

Holonyms ("crown" is a part of...):

chapeau; hat; lid (headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty

Synonyms:

crown; diadem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

crown jewels (regalia (jewelry and other paraphernalia) worn by a sovereign on state occasions)

jeweled headdress; jewelled headdress (a headdress adorned with jewels)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crown"):

coronet (a small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign)

crown of thorns (a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion)

Derivation:

coronate; crown (invest with regal power; enthrone)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

chaplet; coronal; garland; lei; wreath (flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The center of a cambered road

Synonyms:

crest; crown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

top; top side; upper side; upside (the highest or uppermost side of anything)

Holonyms ("crown" is a part of...):

road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)

Sense 5

Meaning:

(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

Example:

tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown

Synonyms:

cap; crown; crownwork; jacket; jacket crown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

dental appliance (a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth)

Domain category:

dental medicine; dentistry; odontology (the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

top (the upper part of anything)

Meronyms (parts of "crown"):

enamel; tooth enamel (hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth)

Holonyms ("crown" is a part of...):

tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)

Derivation:

crown (put an enamel cover on)

Sense 7

Meaning:

The top of the head

Synonyms:

crown; pate; poll

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

top; top side; upper side; upside (the highest or uppermost side of anything)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crown"):

tonsure (the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head)

Holonyms ("crown" is a part of...):

human head (the head of a human being)

Sense 8

Meaning:

The award given to the champion

Synonyms:

crown; pennant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

accolade; award; honor; honour; laurels (a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction)

Sense 9

Meaning:

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

Example:

the colonies revolted against the Crown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Crown" is a kind of...):

symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)

Instance hyponyms:

British Crown (the symbol of the power of the British monarchy)

Derivation:

coronate; crown (invest with regal power; enthrone)

Sense 10

Meaning:

The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

Example:

the region is a few molecules wide at the summit

Synonyms:

crest; crown; peak; summit; tip; top

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

place; spot; topographic point (a point located with respect to surface features of some region)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crown"):

brow; hilltop (the peak of a hill)

pinnacle (a lofty peak)

mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)

Sense 11

Meaning:

The upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant

Synonyms:

crown; treetop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

top (the upper part of anything)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crown"):

capitulum (an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree)

Holonyms ("crown" is a part of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Sense 12

Meaning:

An English coin worth 5 shillings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be the culminating event

Example:

The speech crowned the meeting

Synonyms:

crown; top

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "crown" is one way to...):

climax; culminate (end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put an enamel cover on

Example:

crown my teeth

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "crown" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

crown (the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Invest with regal power; enthrone

Example:

The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey

Synonyms:

coronate; crown

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "crown" is one way to...):

enthrone; invest; vest (provide with power and authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

crown (an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty)

Crown (the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Form the topmost part of

Example:

A weather vane crowns the building

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "crown" is one way to...):

head (be in the front of or on top of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

And she had three great crowns on her head, and around her stood all the pomp and power of the Church.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“Three others and myself unite to have a set of chambers—to look business-like—and we quarter the clerk too. Half-a-crown a week he costs me.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He was quite young, wonderfully handsome, extremely agreeable, and, to crown the whole, he meant to be at the next assembly with a large party.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

A crown of twinkling stars will line up in Capricorn—a divinely harmonious earth sign that is beautifully oriented to your Taurus Sun—making any travel this month special and memorable.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Crowning is when your baby's scalp comes into view.

(Childbirth, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)

Long-term inflammation of the gingiva surrounding the crown of a tooth, usually of an incompletely erupted tooth.

(Chronic Pericoronitis, NCI Thesaurus)

They found that Hygiea is spherical, potentially taking the crown from Ceres as the smallest dwarf planet in the Solar System.

(ESO Telescope Reveals What Could be the Smallest Dwarf Planet Yet in the Solar System, ESO)

She was dressed in green silk gauze and wore upon her flowing green locks a crown of jewels.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I have too great a veneration for crowned heads, to dwell any longer on so nice a subject.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart).

(Coronary, NCI Thesaurus)