noun

1. a phase of a planet or a moon, when it appears to have one concave edge and one convex edge; esp., of the moon just after new moon (waxing crescent) or just before new moon (waning crescent)
2. a figure of or like the moon in either of these phases
3. anything shaped more or less like this, specif.,
   1. a curved roll or bun
   2. a residential street or part of a street

4. Etymology: < the Turk crescent emblem

   Turkish or Muslim power

Etymology: altered (infl. by L) < ME cressaunt < OFr creissant, prp. of creistre, to increase < L crescere, to come forth, grow, inchoative of creare: see create

adjective

1. Old Poet. increasing; growing
2. shaped like a crescent