n. & adj.
--n.
1. the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon.
2 anything of this shape, esp. Brit. a street forming an arc.
3 a the crescent-shaped emblem of Islam or Turkey. b (the Crescent) the world or power of Islam.
--adj.
1. poet. increasing.
2 crescent-shaped.
Derivatives:
crescentic adj.
Etymology: ME f. AF cressaunt, OF creissant, f. L crescere grow