Synonyms of the word crescent


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crescent

  • n. The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating…
  • n. Something shaped like a crescent, especially.
  • n. (Islam) A representation of the symbol used by Islamic caliphates.
  • n. (New Zealand) A crescent spanner.
  • n. (historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted…
  • n. (heraldry) The emblem of the waxing Moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often…
  • n. A crescentspot butterfly.
  • adj. (dated, rare) marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.
  • adj. Shaped like a crescent.
  • v. (transitive) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
  • v. (transitive) To adorn with crescents.

curve

  • adj. (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
  • n. A gentle bend, such as in a road.
  • n. A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
  • n. A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution…
  • n. (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
  • n. (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional…
  • n. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
  • n. (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
  • n. (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
  • v. (transitive) To bend; to crook.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
  • v. (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
  • v. To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
  • v. (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.

lunate

  • adj. Shaped like a crescent.
  • n. (archaeology) A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened,…

rounded

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of round.
  • adj. Made into a circle or sphere.
  • adj. Complete or balanced.
  • adj. (mathematics) Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.
  • adj. (botany) Ending in a broad arch.
  • adj. (linguistics, of a vowel) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; see rounded vowel.

semilunar

  • adj. Shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped.
  • n. (anatomy) The lunate bone, or semilunar bone.

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