Definitions
1.verbTo place a crown on the head of.
2.verbTo formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
3.verbTo bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
4.verbTo form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
5.verbTo declare (someone) a winner.
6.verbOf a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening."The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives."
7.verbTo cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
8.verbTo hit on the head.
9.verbTo shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
10.verbIn 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.verbTo widen the opening of the barrel.
12.verbTo effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
13.verbTo lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
14.adjectiveSupreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity."a crowning achievement"