crescent

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state.

2. 2noun

   Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.

3. 3noun

   A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge

4. 4noun

   A symbol of Artemis, or Diana.

5. 5noun

   The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.

6. 6noun

   The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople.

7. 7noun

   Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.

8. 8noun

   The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.

9. 9adjective

   Shaped like a crescent.

10. 10adjective

    Increasing; growing.

11. 11transitive verb

    To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.

12. 12transitive verb

    To adorn with crescents.

13. 13noun

    any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters

14. 14adjective

    resembling the new moon in shape

    Synonyms

    lunatesemilunar