Bull vs. Crown

Bullnoun

An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.

Bullnoun

Specifically, one that is uncastrated.

Bullnoun

A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.

Bullnoun

An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants and seals.

Bullnoun

A large, strong man.

Bullnoun

(finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.

Bullnoun

(slang) A policeman.

Bullnoun

(US) Specifically, a policeman employed in a railroad yard.

Bullnoun

A crown coin; its value, {{5 shillings.}}

Bullnoun

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Bullnoun

The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.

Bullnoun

A man.

Bullnoun

clipping of bullshit.

Bullnoun

A man who has sex with another man's wife or girlfriend with the consent of both.

Bullnoun

(obsolete) A drink made by pouring water into a cask that previously held liquor.

Bullnoun

A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.

Bullnoun

A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.

Bullnoun

A lie.

Bullnoun

Nonsense.

Bullnoun

a bubble

Bulladjective

Large and strong, like a bull.

Bulladjective

(of large mammals) adult male

Bulladjective

(finance) Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear)

Bulladjective

stupid

Bullverb

(intransitive) To force oneself (in a particular direction).

Bullverb

(intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.

Bullverb

(intransitive) To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.

Bullverb

To polish boots to a high shine.

Bullverb

To endeavour to raise the market price of.

Bullverb

To endeavour to raise prices in.

Bullverb

to publish in a Papal bull

Bullverb

to mock, cheat

Bullnoun

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidæ); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

Bullnoun

One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action.

Bullnoun

Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.

Bullnoun

One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5.

Bullnoun

a ludicrously false statement; nonsense. Also used as an expletive.

Bullnoun

A seal. See Bulla.

Bullnoun

A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis," i. e., "from the day of the Incarnation." See Apostolical brief, under Brief.

Bullnoun

A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's bulls and his professions of humility.

Bulladjective

Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.

Bullverb

To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.

Bullverb

To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.

Bullnoun

uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

Bullnoun

a large and strong and heavyset man;

Bullnoun

obscene words for unacceptable behavior;

Bullnoun

a serious and ludicrous blunder;

Bullnoun

uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

Bullnoun

an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later

Bullnoun

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus

Bullnoun

the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20

Bullnoun

the center of a target

Bullnoun

a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)

Bullnoun

mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle

Bullverb

push or force;

Bullverb

try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying

Bullverb

talk through one's hat;

Bullverb

advance in price;

Bullnoun

an uncastrated male bovine animal

Bullnoun

a large male animal, especially a whale or elephant.

Bullnoun

the zodiacal sign or constellation Taurus.

Bullnoun

a bullseye

Bullnoun

a person who buys shares hoping to sell them at a higher price later.

Bullnoun

a papal edict

Bullnoun

stupid or untrue talk or writing; nonsense

Bullverb

push or move powerfully or violently

Bullverb

(of a cow) behave in a manner characteristic of being on heat.

Bull

A bull is an intact (i.e., not castrated) adult male of the species Bos taurus. More muscular and aggressive than the females of the same species, the cows, bulls have long been an important symbol in many cultures, and play a significant role in beef ranching, dairy farming, and a variety of other cultural activities, including bullfighting and bull riding.

Crownnoun

A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.

Crownnoun

(heraldry) A representation of such a headdress, as in heraldry; it may even be that only the image exists, no physical crown, as in the case of the kingdom of Belgium; by analogy such crowns can be awarded to moral persons that don't even have a head, as the mural crown for cities in heraldry

Crownnoun

A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.

Crownnoun

(by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.

Crownnoun

Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.

Crownnoun

(metonym) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.

Crownnoun

The state, the government (headed by a monarch).

Crownnoun

The topmost part of the head.

Crownnoun

The highest part of a hill.

Crownnoun

Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna, kruna, krone.

Crownnoun

(historical) A former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings.

Crownnoun

(botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.

Crownnoun

(forestry) The top of a tree.

Crownnoun

(anatomy) The part of a tooth above the gums.

Crownnoun

(dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.

Crownnoun

(nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling

Crownnoun

(nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet

Crownnoun

(nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.

Crownnoun

The bights formed by the turns of a cable.

Crownnoun

(paper) In England, a standard size of printing paper measuring 20 x 15 inches.

Crownnoun

(paper) In American, a standard size of writing paper measuring 19 x 15 inches.

Crownnoun

(chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location

Crownnoun

(medical) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina

Crownnoun

(firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening

Crownnoun

The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

Crownnoun

The dome of a furnace.

Crownnoun

(geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.

Crownnoun

(religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

Crownnoun

A whole turkey with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.

Crownnoun

A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.

Crownnoun

The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands

Crownadjective

Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.

Crownadjective

Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.

Crownverb

To place a crown on the head of.

Crownverb

To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.

Crownverb

To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.

Crownverb

To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.

Crownverb

To declare (someone) a winner.

Crownverb

(medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.

Crownverb

(transitive) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.

Crownverb

To hit on the head.

Crownverb

(video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.

Crownverb

(board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.

Crownverb

(firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.

Crownverb

(military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.

Crownverb

(nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.

Crownverb

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Crown

p. p. of Crow.

Crownnoun

A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward.

Crownnoun

A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.

Crownnoun

The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; - with the definite article.

Crownnoun

Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.

Crownnoun

Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.

Crownnoun

Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.

Crownnoun

The topmost part of anything; the summit.

Crownnoun

The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.

Crownnoun

The part of a hat above the brim.

Crownnoun

The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.

Crownnoun

The vertex or top of an arch; - applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.

Crownnoun

Same as Corona.

Crownnoun

That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.

Crownnoun

The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

Crownnoun

The dome of a furnace.

Crownnoun

The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.

Crownnoun

A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

Crownnoun

A size of writing paper. See under Paper.

Crownnoun

A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.

Crownnoun

An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.

Crownverb

To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.

Crownverb

To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.

Crownverb

To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.

Crownverb

To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.

Crownverb

To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.

Crownnoun

the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy;

Crownnoun

the enamel covered part of a tooth above the gum

Crownnoun

a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory

Crownnoun

an ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty

Crownnoun

the part of a hat (the vertex) covering the crown of the head

Crownnoun

an English coin worth 5 shillings

Crownnoun

the upper branches and leaves of a tree

Crownnoun

the top point of a mountain or hill;

Crownnoun

the award given to the champion

Crownnoun

the top of the head

Crownnoun

the center of a cambered road

Crownverb

invest with regal power; enthrone;

Crownverb

be the culminating event;

Crownverb

form the topmost part of;

Crownverb

put an enamel cover on;

Crownnoun

a circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority, usually made of or decorated with precious metals and jewels.

Crownnoun

the monarchy or reigning monarch

Crownnoun

an ornament, emblem, or badge shaped like a crown

Crownnoun

a wreath of leaves or flowers, especially that worn as an emblem of victory in ancient Greece or Rome.

Crownnoun

an award or distinction gained by a victory or achievement, especially in sport

Crownnoun

the top or highest part of something

Crownnoun

the top part of a person's head or a hat

Crownnoun

the part of a plant just above and below the ground from which the roots and shoots branch out

Crownnoun

the upper branching or spreading part of a tree or other plant

Crownnoun

the upper part of a cut gem, above the girdle.

Crownnoun

the part of a tooth projecting from the gum

Crownnoun

an artificial replacement or covering for the upper part of a tooth

Crownnoun

a British coin with a face value of five shillings or 25 pence, now minted only for commemorative purposes.

Crownnoun

a foreign coin with a name meaning ‘crown’, especially the krona or krone.

Crownnoun

a paper size, 384 × 504 mm.

Crownnoun

a book size, 186 × 123 mm.

Crownnoun

a book size, 246 × 189 mm.

Crownverb

ceremonially place a crown on the head of (someone) in order to invest them as a monarch

Crownverb

declare or acknowledge (someone) as the best, especially at a sport

Crownverb

(in draughts) promote (a piece) to king by placing another on top of it

Crownverb

rest on or form the top of

Crownverb

be the triumphant culmination of (an effort or endeavour, especially a prolonged one)

Crownverb

fit a crown to (a tooth)

Crownverb

hit on the head

Crownverb

(of a baby's head during labour) fully appear in the vaginal opening prior to emerging