Crowning

//ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A coronation.

    "The crownings of the two successive monarchs were only a year apart."

  2. 2
    The act of one who crowns (in various senses).

    "There were outflankings and crownings of hills by numbers of thirteen and seventeen men, that made one hold one's breath."

  3. 3
    The stage of vaginal childbirth when the infant's head remains consistently visible at the vulva.

    "When your baby’s head remains visible without slipping back in, it is known as crowning."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of crown form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.

    "It seems that now [the Devil] was driving Alison hard. She had been remiss of late — fewer souls sent to hell, less zeal in quenching the Spirit, and, above all, the crowning offense that her bairn had communicated in Christ's kirk."

  2. 2
    Located on the top or summit.
Adjective
  1. 1
    representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment wordnet
  2. 2
    forming or providing a crown or summit wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
ultimatearchbannercapitalcappingcardinal

Example

More examples

"The baby is crowning! It's almost over!"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English crowninge, crounende, equivalent to crown + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English crouninge, crounynge, coroning, coronyng, equivalent to crown + -ing.

Related phrases

crowning achievementcrowning glory

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