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crescent

ADJ ที่ มี รูปร่าง เหมือน พระจันทร์ เสี้ยว  ti-me-rub-rang-muean-pra-jan-siao

 

crescent

N พระจันทร์ เสี้ยว  crescent moon waxing moon waning moon pra-jan-siao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRESCENT

a.[L., to grow. See Grow. ] Increasing; growing; as crescent horns.

 

CRESCENT

n. 1. The increasing or new moon, which, when receding from the sun, shows a curving rim of light, terminating in points or horns. It is applied to the old or decreasing moon, in a like state, but less properly.
2. The figure or likeness of the new moon; as that borne in the Turkish flag or national standard. The standard itself, and figuratively, the Turkish power.
3. In heraldry, a bearing in the form of a half moon.
4. The name of a military order, instituted by Renatus of Anjou, king of Sicily; so called from its symbol or badge, a crescent of gold enameled.

 

CRESCENT

v.t.To form into a crescent.

 

CRESCENT-SHAPED

a.In botany, lunate; lunated; shaped like a crescent; as a leaf.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CRESCENT

Cres "cent (krs "sent ), n. Etym: [OE. cressent, cressaunt, crescent (in sense 1 ), OF. creissant increasing, F. croissant, p. pr. of cro, OF. creistre, fr. L. crescere to increase, v. incho.; akin to creare to create. See Create, and cf. Accrue, Increase, Crescendo. ]

 

1. 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.

 

2. Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.

 

3. A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge; as: (a ) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana. (b ) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople. Hence: (c ) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople. The cross of our faith is replanted, The pale, dying crescent is daunted. Campbell.

 

4. Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by René of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 18 1, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services. Brande & C.

 

5. (Her. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

CRESCENT

CRESCENT Cres "cent (krs "sent ), a.

 

1. Shaped like a crescent. Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns. Milton.

 

2. Increasing; growing. O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set. Tennyson.

 

CRESCENT

CRESCENT Cres "cent, v. t.

 

1. To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent. [R.] Anna Seward.

 

2. To adorn with crescents.

 

CRESCENTIC

CRESCENTIC Cres *cen "tic (krs-sn "tk ), a.

 

Defn: Crescent-shaped. "Crescentic lobes." R. Owen.

 

CRESCENTWISE

CRESCENTWISE Cres "cent *wise ` (krs "sent-wz `), adv.

 

Defn: In the form of a crescent; like a crescent. Tennyson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

crescent

cres cent |ˈkresənt ˈkrɛsnt | ▶noun 1 the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon. • a representation of such a shape used as an emblem of Islam or of Turkey. • ( the Crescent ) chiefly historical the political power of Islam or of the Ottoman Empire. 2 a thing that has has the shape of a single curve, esp. one that is broad in the center and tapers to a point at each end: a three-mile crescent of golden sand | a crescent-shaped building. • a street or row of houses forming an arc: we lived at Westway Crescent. • Heraldry a charge in the form of a crescent, typically with the points upward (also a mark of cadency for a second son ). 3 a moth or butterfly that bears crescent-shaped markings on the wings, in particular: [● an orange or brown American butterfly with a silvery mark on the underside of the hind wing (genus Phyciodes, subfamily Melitaeinae, family Nymphalidae ). ● a brownish European moth with a pale mark on the forewing (several species in the family Noctuidae, in particular Celaena leucostigma ).] ▶adjective 1 having the shape of a crescent: a crescent moon. 2 literary growing, increasing, or developing. DERIVATIVES cres cen tic |krəˈsentik |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English cressant, from Old French creissant, from Latin crescere ‘grow. ’ The spelling change in the 17th century was due to the influence of the Latin.

 

crescent wrench

cres cent wrench ▶noun an adjustable wrench designed to grip hexagonal nuts, with an adjusting screw fitted in the crescent-shaped head of the wrench.

 

Oxford Dictionary

crescent

crescent |ˈkrɛz (ə )nt, -s- | ▶noun 1 the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon. • a representation of a crescent used as an emblem of Islam or of Turkey. • ( the Crescent ) chiefly historical the political power of Islam or of the Ottoman Empire. 2 a thing which has the shape of a single curve that is broad in the centre and tapers to a point at each end: a three-mile crescent of golden sand. • [ usu. in names ] chiefly Brit. a street or terrace of houses forming an arc: we lived at Westway Crescent. • Heraldry a charge in the form of a crescent, typically with the points upward. 3 a moth or butterfly which bears crescent-shaped markings on the wings, in particular: ● an orange or brown American butterfly with a silvery mark on the underside of the hindwing (genus Phyciodes, subfamily Melitaeinae, family Nymphalidae ). ● a brownish European moth with a pale mark on the forewing (several species in the family Noctuidae, in particular Celaena leucostigma ). ▶adjective 1 [ attrib. ] having the shape of a crescent: a crescent moon. 2 literary growing, increasing, or developing. DERIVATIVES crescentic |-ˈsɛntɪk |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English cressant, from Old French creissant, from Latin crescere ‘grow ’. The spelling change in the 17th century was due to the influence of the Latin.

 

crescent wrench

cres |cent wrench ▶noun N. Amer. an adjustable spanner designed to grip hexagonal nuts, with an adjusting screw fitted in the crescent-shaped head of the spanner.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

crescent

crescent noun she carved a small crescent into the lid of the box: half-moon, sickle-shape, lunula, lunette; arc, curve, bow.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

crescent

crescent noun the bay was a small pebbled crescent backed by smooth boulders: half-moon, sickle-shape, semicircle; arc, curve, bow, arch, bend, crook; rare demilune, lunula.

 

Duden Dictionary

Crescentia

Cres cen tia Kreszentia |Cresc e ntia |

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

crescent

cres cent /krés (ə )nt |kréz -, krés -/ (! ｟英 ｠では /krez- /は若者に多い ) 名詞 C 1 三日月 (形 )(→moon ); 三日月形の物 .2 〖しばしばthe C- 〗(イスラム教の象徴としての )三日月 ; イスラム教 ; (トルコ帝国の )新月旗 [章 ].3 ｟主に英 ｠カーブした街路 [家並み ] (!しばしば街路名で ) .形容詞 1 三日月 (形 )の .2 ｟詩 ｠しだいに大きくなる .C -̀ wr é nch ｟商標 ｠自在スパナ .