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crescent definition

cres·cent (kresənt)

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

Related Forms:

  • crescentic cres·cen′·tic (kri sentik) adjective

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