crown
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.Examples: "Before so many of Europe's crowns came tumbling off the heads of their royal owners, Continental Europe could show a rich variety in the matter of royal trains."Synonyms: coronet, diadem
2. (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.Examples: "the martyr’s crown"Synonyms: award, garland, honor, prize, wreathbroadly
3. (metonymic) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.Examples: "A parliament may be diſſolved by the demiſe of the crown."metonymically
4. (by extension, especially in law) The state, the government (headed by a monarch).Examples: "Treasure recovered from shipwrecks automatically becomes property of the Crown."; "Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown; and only forty thousand pounds remained in the Exchequer."broadlyespecially
5. (old slang) The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
6. The top part of something:Synonyms: apex, top
verb (English)
1. (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.Examples: "The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives."; "You will see the baby's head crowning during contractions, at which time you must prepare to assist the mother in the delivery of the baby."; "He's crowning . . . His head's coming through"
2. (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.transitive
3. (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
4. (board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.Examples: "“Crown me!” I said, as I moved my checker to the back row."
5. (firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.
6. (military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
verb (English)
1. (archaic) past participle of crowExamples: "The cock had crown."archaicform-ofparticiplepast
name (English)
1. (government) The sovereign of a monarchy; often with reference to that of the Commonwealth realms.
2. (government) The government of a monarchy; often with reference to one that is a member of the Commonwealth realms.
3. (Canada, law) A Crown attorney.Canada
Definition source: Wiktionary