cresting

[ kres-ting ]

noun

1. Architecture. a decorative coping, balustrade, etc., usually designed to give an interesting skyline.
2. Furniture. ornamentation either carved or sawed in the top rail of a piece or else added to it.
3. a system of ornamental ridges or flutes on a piece of plate armor.

cresting

/ ˈkrɛstɪŋ /

noun

1. an ornamental ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc
2. carpentry a shaped decorative toprail or horizontal carved ornament surmounting a chair, mirror, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of cresting¹

First recorded in 1865–70; crest + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

“I think we’re cresting out of the moment of film needing to be a harsh slice of reality, and I love that,” Antonoff continues.

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That claim is largely true, and it has been for years, even as millions more retirees are on the road because of the cresting boomer wave.

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“We’re seeing, I would say, somewhat of a cresting of cases,” said Dr. Elizabeth Hudson, regional chief of infectious diseases for Kaiser Permanente Southern California.

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Coronavirus levels in the state’s wastewater were down 3% when comparing the week that ended Aug. 10 with the prior week, a possible indication that levels are cresting — although it’s also possible that coronavirus levels will continue to increase.

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The unprecedented award to an American artist who, a decade earlier, portended the controversial Pop Art genre cresting sealed a slow but steady shift underway since the end of World War II: New York officially bumped Paris from the top slot of cultural taste makers.

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