Meaning

17 senses
  1. To place a crown on the head of.

    krönen

    коронова́тьkoronovátʹ, уве́нчиватьuvénčivatʹ

  2. To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.

    коронова́тьkoronovátʹ, венча́ть

  3. To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.

  4. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.

    form the topmost part of

  5. To declare (someone) a winner.

  6. To have its head's surface appear in the vaginal opening during the birthing process.

    The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives.

  7. (transitive)To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.

    bombieren, wölben

  8. To hit on the head.

  9. To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.

  10. In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.

    “Crown me!” I said, as I moved my checker to the back row.

  11. To spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.

  12. To widen the opening of the barrel.

Examples

137 sentences
  1. The king always wears a crown.

    Король завжди носить корону. — aandrusiak

    ruКороль всегда носит корону. — shanghainese

    deDer König trägt immer eine Krone. — MUIRIEL

  2. The girl in the picture is wearing a crown not of gold but of flowers.

    На фотографії в дівчини корона не з золота, а з квітів. — deniko

    ruНа фотографии у девушки корона не из золота, а из цветов. — al_ex_an_der

  3. I see the crown.

    Я бачу корону. — deniko

    ruЯ вижу корону. — odexed

  4. I see a crown.

    deIch sehe eine Krone. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. You have to have a new crown.

    Вам потрібна нова корона. — ascolto

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to place a crown on the head of:
to formally declare one a monarch:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to place a crown on the head of:
to cause to round upward:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crown

Inherited from Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crown, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of corona, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone. Displaced Old English corenbēag (“crown”) and Middle English kinehelm, kynehelm, from Old English cynehelm (“crown”, literally “kinhelm” or “king's helm”).

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Forms

crowns, crowning, crowned, crowned
Base formcrown · to crown
3rd person singularcrowns
Present participlecrowning
Past simplecrowned
Past participlecrowned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycrown
he, she, itcrowns

Past simpleLesson

all personscrowned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave crowned
he, she, ithas crowned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill crown

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • be the culminating event:top
  • invest with regal power; enthrone:coronate

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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