crescent

n. object shaped like a new moon, thin curving shape which comes to a point at both ends; phase of the moon when it is shaped as a C, new moon, moon in its last quarter; symbol for Islam; bread roll in the shape of a C

adj. shaped like the moon; increasing

For things named Crescent, see Crescent (disambiguation). In art and symbolism, a crescent is generally the shape produced when a circular disk has a segment of another circle removed from its edge, so that what remains is a shape enclosed by two circular arcs of different diameters which intersect at two points (usually in such a manner that the enclosed shape does not include the center of the original circle).
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Noun
1. any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
(hypernym) curve, curved shape
Adjective
1. resembling the new moon in shape
(synonym) crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate
(similar) rounded

(v. t.)
To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
  

(v. t.)
To adorn with crescents.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
  

(n.)
Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A symbol of Artemis, or Diana.
  

(n.)
A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge
  

(a.)
Shaped like a crescent.
  

(a.)
Increasing; growing.
  

Crescent [from Latin crescere to increase] The moon in its first quarter, or the figure of a circular arc or lune; a symbol of the moon, which in its highest signification is the Queen of Heaven, Diana, the great mother of the earth, as the sun is the great father of all. It is associated in Egypt with Isis, in Greece and Rome with Aphrodite and Venus, in Asia Minor with Astarte or Astaroth and many other lunar goddesses, who are often represented with cow's horns. The Roman Catholic Mary is sometimes represented as standing on the crescent moon, and when Venus-Lucifer became transformed into Satan, its crescent became the devil's horns. The symbol also parallels that of the ark or argha and appears in the Egyptian symbol of the solar boat, where it indicates that the moon is the sun's vehicle.
But the moon is a triple symbol, and may stand for the lower astral light, the linga-sarira, and the female generative function. In the symbol of Mercury, which represents the human being, we have the crescent representing the lower mind or soul; the circle, heart or spirit; and the cross, functions or body. This symbolism appears in other planetary symbols: in Saturn, for instance, the cross is over the crescent, while in Jupiter the crescent is over the cross. Also, the crescent and star (or sun) is the emblem of the Moslem faith.