| Main Entry: | crescent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickle-shaped |
Synonyms: |
bow-shaped, bowed, concave, convex, crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, curved, falcate, semicircular |
| Main Entry: | crescent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sickle-shaped object |
Synonyms: |
bow, concave figure, convex figure, cresentoid, curve, demilune, half-moon, horned moon, hornlike, lune, meniscus, new moon, old moon, sickle |
| Main Entry: | arc |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curve |
Synonyms: |
arch, bend, bow, crescent, curvation, curvature, half-moon, round |
| Notes: | ark is a large, commodious boat and arc is something shaped like a curve or arch; a segment of a circle |
| Main Entry: | moon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Earth' s satellite |
Synonyms: |
celestial body, crescent, full moon, half-moon, heavenly body, new moon, old moon, orb of night, planetoid, pumpkin, quarter-moon, satellite |
| Main Entry: | rainbow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | color spectrum |
Synonyms: |
arc, band of color, bow, crescent, curve, prism, variegation |
| Main Entry: | growing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | increasing |
Synonyms: |
amplifying, animate, augmenting, budding, burgeoning, crescent, crescive, developing, dilating, enlarging, expanding, flourishing, fructifying, germinating, living, maturing, mushrooming, pullulating, spreading, sprouting, stretching, swelling, thriving, viable, waxing |
Antonyms: |
lessening, shrinking, withering |