Definition of: crown

(kroun) noun
1. A decorative circlet or covering for the head, especially as a mark of sovereign power.
2. A sovereign ruler: with the.
3. Sovereignty.
4. A wreath or garland for the head.
5. A reward; prize.
6. A complete or perfect state or type; acme.
7. The top or summit; crest; the crown of a hill.
8. The top of the head: a bald crown.
9. The head itself: Jack fell down and broke his crown.
10. The upper portion of a hat.
11. Dent. a The part of a tooth exposed beyond the gum; especially, the grinding surface of a molar. b An artificial substitute for a crown.
12. A clerical tonsure.
13. A coin stamped with a crown or crowned head; in England, a five-shilling piece.
14. A knot made with the strands at the end of a rope.
15. Naut. The outer point of junction of the two arms of an anchor.
16. Archit. a The upper projecting part of a cornice; the corona. b A lantern or spire formed by converging flying buttresses.
17. A halo.
18. A circlet for candles.
19. A crown lens. See under LENS.
20. The upper part of a tree, including the living branches with their foliage.
21. Bot. The point where stem and root unite in a seed plant.
22. Her. A bearing representing a crown.
23. The part of a cut gemstone above the girdle. See also CORONA.
—v.t.
1. To place a crown or garland on the head of.
2. To enthrone; make a monarch of.
3. To surmount; be the topmost part of.
4. To form the ultimate ornament to or aspect of.
5. To endow with honor or dignity.
6. To finish or bring to completion; consummate.
7. To cause to round upward; make convex, as a road.
8. Colloq. To hit, as a person, on the head.
9. In checkers, to make into a king. [<AF coroune <L corona]
—crown′er noun
—crown′less adjective
HISTORIC CROWNS
a. Imperial crown of all the Russias.
b. Crown of the German Empire.
c. Iron Crown of Lombardy.
d. Imperial crown of Charlemagne.