Dictionary entry overview: What does posthumously mean? â¢ POSTHUMOUSLY (adverb) The adverb POSTHUMOUSLY has 1 sense: 1. after death Familiarity information: POSTHUMOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
crescent-any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters. curve, curved shape-the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes.. a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends. 2. something, as a cookie, having this shape. 3. the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling such a shape. 4. shaped like a crescent.
adjective. noun. Crescent is defined as something with a half-moon or arc shape. The waning moon is an example of something that would be described as a crescent moon. The definition of a crescent is a half-moon or arc shape. 1  A curved French croissant is an example of something that is in the shape of a crescent. 2  A curved moon is an example of a crescent shape.