adj increasing; growing.
2. crescent ·adj shaped like a crescent.
3. crescent ·vt to adorn with crescents.
4. crescent ·noun a symbol of artemis, or diana.
5. crescent ·noun the ancient symbol of byzantium or constantinople.
6. crescent ·noun anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
7. crescent ·vt to form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
8. crescent ·noun a representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge.
9. crescent ·noun the emblem of the turkish empire, adopted after the taking of constantinople.
10. crescent ·noun the increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state.
11. crescent ·noun the emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms;
often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
12. crescent ·noun any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by charles i., king of naples and sicily, in 1268; the second by rene of anjou, in 1448; and the third by the sultan selim iii., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom turkey might be indebted for valuable services.