CROWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Crown mean? 

• CROWN (noun)
  The noun CROWN has 12 senses:

1. the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy

2. the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel

3. a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory

4. an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty

5. the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head

6. an English coin worth 5 shillings

7. the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant

8. the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

9. the award given to the champion

10. the top of the head

11. (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

12. the center of a cambered road

  Familiarity information: CROWN used as a noun is familiar.

• CROWN (verb)
  The verb CROWN has 4 senses:

1. invest with regal power; enthrone

2. be the culminating event

3. form the topmost part of

4. put an enamel cover on

  Familiarity information: CROWN used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the colonies revolted against the Crown

Hypernyms ("Crown" is a kind of...):

symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)

Instance hyponyms:

British Crown (the symbol of the power of the British monarchy)

Derivation:

coronate; crown (invest with regal power; enthrone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

top (the upper part of anything)

Meronyms (parts of "crown"):

enamel; tooth enamel (hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth)

Holonyms ("crown" is a part of...):

tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)

Derivation:

crown (put an enamel cover on)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

chaplet; coronal; garland; lei; wreath (flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

crown; diadem

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

crown jewels (regalia (jewelry and other paraphernalia) worn by a sovereign on state occasions)

jeweled headdress; jewelled headdress (a headdress adorned with jewels)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crown"):

coronet (a small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign)

crown of thorns (a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion)

Derivation:

coronate; crown (invest with regal power; enthrone)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

acme; apex; peak; vertex (the highest point (of something))

Holonyms ("crown" is a part of...):

chapeau; hat; lid (headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim)

Sense 6

Meaning:

An English coin worth 5 shillings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)

Sense 7

Meaning:

The upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

crown; treetop

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

top (the upper part of anything)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crown"):

capitulum (an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree)

Holonyms ("crown" is a part of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Sense 8

Meaning:

The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

crest; crown; peak; summit; tip; top

Context example:

the region is a few molecules wide at the summit

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

place; spot; topographic point (a point located with respect to surface features of some region)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crown"):

brow; hilltop (the peak of a hill)

pinnacle (a lofty peak)

mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)

Sense 9

Meaning:

The award given to the champion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

crown; pennant

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

accolade; award; honor; honour; laurels (a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction)

Sense 10

Meaning:

The top of the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

crown; pate; poll

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

top; top side; upper side; upside (the highest or uppermost side of anything)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crown"):

tonsure (the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head)

Holonyms ("crown" is a part of...):

human head (the head of a human being)

Sense 11

Meaning:

(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cap; crown; crownwork; jacket; jacket crown

Context example:

tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

dental appliance (a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth)

Domain category:

dental medicine; dentistry; odontology (the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth)

Sense 12

Meaning:

The center of a cambered road

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

crest; crown

Hypernyms ("crown" is a kind of...):

top; top side; upper side; upside (the highest or uppermost side of anything)

Holonyms ("crown" is a part of...):

road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)

• CROWN (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Invest with regal power; enthrone

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

coronate; crown

Context example:

The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey

Hypernyms (to "crown" is one way to...):

enthrone; invest; vest (provide with power and authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

crown (an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty)

Crown (the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be the culminating event

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

crown; top

Context example:

The speech crowned the meeting

Hypernyms (to "crown" is one way to...):

climax; culminate (end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Form the topmost part of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

A weather vane crowns the building

Hypernyms (to "crown" is one way to...):

head (be in the front of or on top of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Put an enamel cover on

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

crown my teeth

Hypernyms (to "crown" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

crown (the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel)

 Context examples 

A grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars.

(Molar Tooth, NCI Thesaurus)

But success shall crown my endeavours.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Before us lay a green sloping land full of forests and woods, with here and there steep hills, crowned with clumps of trees or with farmhouses, the blank gable end to the road.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Such paper could not be bought under half a crown a packet. It is peculiarly strong and stiff.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As Sherlock Holmes replaced the half-crown which he had drawn from his pocket, a fierce-looking elderly man strode out from the gate with a hunting-crop swinging in his hand.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Administration of a drug within a crown of tooth.

(Intracoronal Dental Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

It was around about the size of a crown piece.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

A little occasional talk about half-crowns, oysters, or any other extraneous subject produces a pleasing effect of delirium.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then Jo and Meg, with a detachment of the bigger boys, set forth the supper on the grass, for an out-of-door tea was always the crowning joy of the day.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The Abbot had rolled ten silver crowns in a lettuce-leaf and hid them away in the bottom of his scrip, but that would be a sorry support for twelve long months.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)