crested
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (3)
- bearing an heraldic device
- (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination“golden crested”“crested iris”“crested oriole”“tufted duck”“tufted loosestrife”Synonyms: topknottedtufted
- (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plumeSynonyms: plumed
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for. [1913 Webster]
His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm Crested the world.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Mid groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow.— Wordsworth.[1913 Webster]
2.To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes. [1913 Webster]
Like as the shining sky in summer's night, . . . Is crested with lines of fiery light.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
Crested \Crest"ed\ (kr[e^]st"[e^]d), a.
1.Having a crest. [1913 Webster]
But laced crested helm.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
2.(Zool.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head. "The crested bird." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
3.(Bott.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
decorated \decorated\ adj. having decorations. [Narrower terms: beaded, beady, bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly; bedaubed; bespectacled, monocled, spectacled; braided; brocaded, embossed, raised; buttony; carbuncled; champleve, cloisonne, enameled; crested, plumed having a decorative plume); crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested; embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; encircled, ringed, wreathed; fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked out; feathery, feathered, plumy; frilled, frilly, ruffled; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid; inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; paneled, wainscoted; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled; tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out] Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned.
Syn: adorned. [WordNet 1.5]