Definitions
Crowning - as an adjective satellite
Representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment
Example: "The crowning accomplishment of his career"
Forming or providing a crown or summit
Example: "The crowning star on a christmas tree"
Crowning - as a verb
To place a crown on the head of.
To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
To declare (someone) a winner.
Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
Example: "The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives."
To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
To hit on the head.
To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
Example: "“crown me!” i said, as i moved my checker to the back row."
To widen the opening of the barrel.
To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
Crowning - as an adjective
Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
Example: "A crowning achievement"
Crowning - as a noun
A coronation.
Example: "The crownings of the two successive monarchs were only a year apart."
The act of one who crowns (in various senses).
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Word Game Points
CROWNING has a SCRABBLE points total of 14.
CROWNING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 18.
CROWNING has a WORDFEUD points total of 16.
