| Main Entry: | crest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | topknot on head of animal |
Synonyms: |
aigrette, caruncle, chine, cockscomb, comb, crown, feather, hogback, mane, panache, plume, ridge, tassel, tuft |
| Notes: | a wave's foamy top is its crest; spray blown up from wave tops is spindrift |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise |
Synonyms: |
amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, decussate, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, divide, facet, fell, flitch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, mow down, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rip, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, skive, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip |
| Main Entry: | ridge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | raised part of solid |
Synonyms: |
backbone, chine, corrugation, crease, crinkle, elevation, esker, fold, furrow, hill, hogback, moraine, parapet, plica, pole, range, rib, rim, rimple, rivel, ruck, seam, spine, upland, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
flat, plain |
| Main Entry: | spine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | backbone |
Synonyms: |
back, bone, chine, rachis, ridge, spinal column, vertebrae, vertebral column |