Cres·cent

(krĕs′ənt)

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cres·cent

(krĕs′ənt)

1. The figure of the moon as it appears before its first quarter phase or after its third quarter phase, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.

a. A curved street.

b. A curved block of buildings, especially row houses, forming a continuous facade.

3. A curved pastry.

adj.

1. Crescent-shaped.

2. Waxing, as the moon approaching its first quarter phase; increasing.

[Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French creissant, from present participle of creistre, to grow, from Latin crēscere; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]

cres·cen′tic (krə-sĕn′tĭk) adj.

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crescent

(ˈkrɛsənt; -zənt)

1. (Astronomy) the biconcave shape of the moon in its first or last quarters

2. any shape or object resembling this

3. (Human Geography) chiefly

a. a crescent-shaped street, often lined with houses of the same style

b. (capital when part of a name): Pelham Crescent.

4. (Heraldry) heraldry a crescent moon, used as the cadency mark of a second son

5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the crescent (often capital)

a. the emblem of Islam or Turkey

b. Islamic or Turkish power

adj

archaic or poetic increasing or growing

[C14: from Latin crescēns increasing, from crescere to grow]

crescentic adj

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cres•cent

(ˈkrɛs ənt)

n.

1. a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.

2. something, as a cookie, having this shape.

3. the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling such a shape.

adj.

4. shaped like a crescent.

5. increasing.

[1350–1400; Middle English cressaunt < Anglo-French < Latin crēscent-, s. of crēscēns, present participle of crēscere to grow]

cres•cen•tic (krɪˈsɛn tɪk) adj.

cres·cent

(krĕs′ənt)

Partly but less than half illuminated. Used to describe the moon or a planet. Compare gibbous.

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crescent

A crescent-shaped row of terraced houses.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	crescent - any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters curve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
Adj.	1.	crescent - resembling the new moon in shape crescent-shaped, lunate, semilunar rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"

crescent

noun

1. meniscus, sickle, new moon, half-moon, old moon, sickle-shape a flag with a white crescent on a red ground

adjective

1. sickle-shaped, curved, arched, semicircular, bow-shaped a crescent moon

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Translations

شارِع مُلتَوِهِلال

polokruhovitá ulicesrpek měsícesrpkovitý

buet vejhalvmånekurvet vej

Halbmond halbmondförmig Mond Sichel

ημισέληνος

creciente en forma de media luna media luna

croissantkasvavakuunsirppisirppivoisarvi

croissant

kiflicapolumjesecroščić

félholdívelt házsor

gata sem liggur í hálfhringhálfmáni; sigîlaga

crescente falce di luna mezza luna mezzaluna strada a semicerchio

クロワッサン月型月形

puslankio formos gatvėpusmėnulio formospusmėnulis

līkumota ielapusloka-puslokspusmēnesspusmēnesveidīgs

gate som går i en halvsirkel halvmåne månesigd

kosák mesiacaoblúkovitá ulica

polmesec

hilâlhilâl şeklindeyarım daire cadde

新月新月状街道月牙

crescent

[ˈkresnt]

A. ADJ → creciente

B. N (= shape) → medialuna f; (= street) calle en forma de semicírculo

C. CPD crescent moon N → luna f creciente

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crescent

[ˈkrɛs^ənt] n

(= shape) → croissant m

(= street) → rue f (en arc de cercle)crescent moon n → croissant m de lunecrescent-shaped [ˈkrɛs^əntʃeɪpt] adj → en croissant, en forme de croissant

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crescent

n → Halbmond m; (in street names) → Weg m (halbmondförmig verlaufende Straße)

adj the crescent moon → die Mondsichel

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crescent

[ˈkrɛsnt]

1. adj (moon) → crescente; (shape) → a mezzaluna

2. n (shape) → mezzaluna; (street) → via (a semicerchio)

crescent

(ˈkresnt) noun

1. (also adjective) (having) the curved shape of the growing moon. the crescent moon; crescent-shaped earrings.

2. (abbreviated to Cres. when written in street-names) a curved street.

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From her windows could be seen the crescent of the river, the masts of ships and the big chimneys of the Mississippi steamers.

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I now observed -- with what horror it is needless to say -- that its nether extremity was formed of a crescent of glittering steel, about a foot in length from horn to horn; the horns upward, and the under edge evidently as keen as that of a razor.

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4, in the Crescent, never orders her dinner till the meat comes in for lunch, and it's nothing but hurry, hurry, all the time.

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Pickwick contemplated a stay of at least two months in Bath, he deemed it advisable to take private lodgings for himself and friends for that period; and as a favourable opportunity offered for their securing, on moderate terms, the upper portion of a house in the Royal Crescent, which was larger than they required, Mr.

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Vertical black figures in twos and threes would advance, stop, watch, and advance again, spreading out as they did so in a thin irregular crescent that promised to enclose the pit in its attenuated horns.

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In the twilight of the morning light seems active, darkness passive; in the twilight of evening it is the darkness which is active and crescent, and the light which is the drowsy reverse.

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As soon as divine service was over, the Thorpes and Allens eagerly joined each other; and after staying long enough in the pump-room to discover that the crowd was insupportable, and that there was not a genteel face to be seen, which everybody discovers every Sunday throughout the season, they hastened away to the Crescent, to breathe the fresh air of better company.

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As to the phenomenon known as the "ashy light," it is explained naturally by the effect of the transmission of the solar rays from the earth to the moon, which give the appearance of completeness to the lunar disc, while it presents itself under the crescent form during its first and last phases.

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To the left, in the crescent opposite the church!" shouted Stepan Arkadyevitch, leaning out of the window.

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Rising from either side of her head were the points of a crescent. The two male Colossi, on the contrary, were draped, and presented a terrifying cast of features, especially the one to our right, which had the face of a devil.

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Dare you to wear your brother's coat without the crescent which should stamp you as his cadet.

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And now, as the night was senescent, And star-dials pointed to morn -- As the star-dials hinted of morn -- At the end of our path a liquescent And nebulous lustre was born, Out of which a miraculous crescent Arose with a duplicate horn -- Astarte's bediamonded crescent, Distinct with its duplicate horn.

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