crescent
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Is crescent a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of crescent?
Definition
noun (English)
1. Something shaped like a crescent, especially:Examples: "The Turkish flag features a white star and crescent on red base."
2. Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
3. (New Zealand) A crescent spanner.New-Zealand
4. (historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.Examples: "Sebastiani receives publicly the Sultan's thanks, and is decorated with the Order of the Crescent"historical
adj (English)
1. (dated, rare) marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.Examples: "For nature creſſant does not grovve alone / In thevvs and bulkes, but as this temple vvaxes, / The invvard ſervice of the minde and ſoule / Grovves vvide vvithal, […]"; "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"datednot-comparablerare
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To form a crescent shapeExamples: "A dark wood crescents more than half the lawn"transitive
2. (transitive) To decorate with crescents.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary