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. / A curved pastry.

(transitive) To form a crescent shape / (transitive) To decorate with crescents.

(dated, rare) marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon. / Shaped like a crescent.

plural of crescent

Growing, increasing, gaining size, etc. / Crescent-shaped.

simple past tense and past participle of crescent

present participle of crescent

(historical) A crescent-shaped strip of fertile land stretching from present-day Iraq through eastern Turkey and down the Syrian and Israeli coasts.

A branch of the Red Cross that operates in Muslim countries. / The symbol of this branch.

The Moon as it appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, when only a small arc-shaped section of the visible portion is illuminated by the Sun.