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Definition of crown verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    crown

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//kraʊn//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they crown
     
     he / she / it crowns
     
     past simple crowned
     
     -ing form crowning
     
     
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    king/queen
  1. 1to put a crown on the head of a new king or queen as a sign of royal power crown somebody Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1953. crown somebody + noun The prince was soon to be crowned King of England.
    2. cover top
  2. 2[usually passive] crown something (with something) to form or cover the top of something His head was crowned with a mop of brown curls.
    3. make complete
  3. 3[often passive] crown something (with something) to make something complete or perfect, especially by adding an achievement, a success, etc. The award of the Nobel Prize has crowned a glorious career in physics. Their efforts were finally crowned with success.
    4. hit on head
  4. 4crown somebody (old-fashioned) (informal) to hit someone on the head
    5. tooth
  5. 5crown something to put an artificial cover on a tooth synonym cap I've had one of my teeth crowned.
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