Crescent

Quick meaning: Crescent is a noun meaning Something shaped like a crescent, especially:.

Meaning

Something shaped like a crescent, especially:.

More Meanings

1. (New Zealand) A crescent spanner.
2. A crescentspot butterfly.
3. Shaped like a crescent.
4. (transitive) To form a crescent shape
5. The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
6. (historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
7. (dated, rare) marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.

Example Sentences

A dark wood crescents more than half the lawn

Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns.

O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set.

crescent problems which have to be faced by a large part of humanity

Word Forms

• crescents
• crescenting
• crescented

Synonyms for crescent

Depending on context, synonyms include lunate, crescent-shaped, semilunar, bicephalous.

Antonyms for crescent

Common opposites include gibbous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lunate, semilunar, crescent-shaped, rounded, bicephalous, moon.

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