crescent

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crescent[1,noun] crescent[2,adjective] Crescent Fertile Crescent

Main Entry: ¹cres·cent
Pronunciation: 'kre-s^&nt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cressant, from Anglo-French, from present participle of crestre to grow, increase, from Latin crescere; akin to Old High German hirsi millet, Lithuanian serti to feed, Greek koros boy
1 a : the moon at any stage between new moon and first quarter and between last quarter and the succeeding new moon when less than half of the illuminated hemisphere is visible b : the figure of the moon at such a stage defined by a convex and a concave edge
2 : something shaped like a crescent
- cres·cen·tic /kre-'sen-tik, kr&-/ adjective