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crowning

/ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ/

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verb

To place a crown on the head of.

Examples :

"The queen will crown the new king tomorrow. "

royal ritual achievement

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verb

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

Examples :

"The people were eagerly awaiting the ceremony crowning Charles as their new king. "

royal government politics state ritual

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verb

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

Examples :

"The school principal crowned the student council president with a special award. "

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verb

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

Examples :

"The cherry on top was crowning her sundae, making it look irresistible. "

achievement action

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verb

To declare (someone) a winner.

Examples :

"The judges crowned Alex the winner of the science fair. "

achievement sport royal entertainment

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verb

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."

medicine physiology family body process sex human

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verb

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

Examples :

"The carpenter carefully crowned the edge of the wooden shelf to make it more aesthetically pleasing. "

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verb

To hit on the head.

Examples :

"The angry teacher, frustrated with the student's disruptive behavior, crowned him on the head with a ruler. "

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verb

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

Examples :

""He was camping in the corner, so I ran up behind him and crowned him with the shotgun." "

game computing weapon entertainment action

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verb

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."

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verb

To widen the opening of the barrel.

Examples :

"The carpenter carefully crowned the barrel to make it easier to load the heavy supplies. "

technical machine part

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verb

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

Examples :

"After hours of climbing, the hikers were finally crowning the peak of the mountain, reaching its very top. "

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verb

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

Examples :

"After tying the basic knot, she began crowning the lanyard strands to create a decorative, woven end. "

nautical technical

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adjective

Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.

Examples :

"a crowning achievement"

quality achievement

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noun

Examples :

"The crownings of the two successive monarchs were only a year apart."

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noun

The act of one who crowns (in various senses).

Examples :

"The crowning of the new student council president was a significant event for the school. "

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