cresting
Reaching the summit
Cresting is the decorative ornamental work along the top of a wall, roof, or piece of furniture—the ridge where something reaches its highest point.
The word captures both the ornament and the action: a wave cresting before it breaks, a career cresting at its peak, a bird cresting a hill.
The flood waters were cresting when we evacuated.
Uppermost point or culmination
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- culminationHighest or final point
- crescendoGradual increase in loudness
peak · high point · turning point · acme · apogee · tipping point · breaking point · finale
Waves near shore
- breakerWave that collapses shoreward
- whitecapFoam-topped ocean wave
- swellIncrease in size
- foamBubble-filled substance
curl · barrel · spray · roller · billow · surge · tide · comber
Narrow raised strip
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- mountaintopSummit of a peak
- hilltopApex of a knoll
- ridgelineTop edge of terrain
saddle · col · escarpment · precipice · tor · highlands · elevation · skyline
apex
Uppermost point or culmination
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- culminationHighest or final point
crescendo · peak · high point · turning point · acme · apogee · tipping point · breaking point · finale · denouement
surf
Waves near shore
foam · curl · barrel · spray · roller · billow · surge · tide · comber · tsunami
ridge
Narrow raised strip
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- mountaintopSummit of a peak
- hilltopApex of a knoll
ridgeline · saddle · col · escarpment · precipice · tor · highlands · elevation · skyline · timberline
coat of arms
Hereditary symbolic emblem
plume · motto · escutcheon · insignia · armorial · charge · device · mantling · wreath · helm
cornice
Ornamental upper trim
gable · pediment · balustrade · ornament · molding · eaves · dormer · spire · battlement · merlon
- archeryarrow, bow, bows, arrows, archer
- risingrise, arise, ascend, climb, go up
- architectural ornamentacanthus, arabesque, arabesques, architrave, baluster
- carouselscarousel horse, wooden horse, wooden horses, merry-go-round, poles
- roof featuresdome, cupola, spire, steeple, chimney pot
- wave termswave height, wavelength, trough, swell, breaker
crestingbottoming
Reaching lowest point
bottoming out · descending · plunging · sinking · falling
crestingbottoming
Reaching lowest point
waning · fading · diminishing · abating · tapering off