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    cres·cent
    [ˈkres(ə)nt]
    noun
    crescent (noun) · crescents (plural noun) · Crescent (noun) · the Crescent (noun)
    1. the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon:
      "the moon was a slender crescent"
      • a representation of a crescent used as an emblem of Islam or of Turkey:
        "on the flag was embroidered the Turkish crescent"
      • historical
        (the Crescent)
        the political power of Islam or of the Ottoman Empire.
    2. a thing that has the shape of a single curve, especially one that is broad in the center and tapers to a point at each end:
      "a three-mile crescent of golden sand" · "a crescent-shaped building"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        a street or row of houses forming an arc:
        "we lived at Westway Crescent"
      • heraldry
        a charge in the form of a crescent, typically with the points upward (also a mark of cadency for a second son).
    3. a moth or butterfly with crescent-shaped markings on the wings.
      • an orange or brown American butterfly with a silvery mark on the underside of the hind wing (genus Phyciodes, subfamily Melitaeinae, family Nymphalidae).
      • a brownish European moth with a pale mark on the forewing (several species in the family Noctuidae, in particular Celaena leucostigma).
    adjective
    crescent (adjective)
    1. having the shape of a crescent:
      "a crescent moon"
    2. literary
      growing, increasing, or developing.
    Origin
    late Middle English cressant, from Old French creissant, from Latin crescere ‘grow’. The spelling change in the 17th century was due to the influence of the Latin.
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    noun
    1. a thing that has the shape of a single curve, especially one that is broad in the center and tapers to a point at each end:
      half-moon
      semicircle
      arc
      curve
      bow
      arch
      bend
      crook
      demilune
      lunula
      sickle-shape
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