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CREW
gang, crew, work party
(noun) an organized group of workmen
crew
(noun) the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
crew
(noun) the team of men manning a racing shell
crowd, crew, gang, bunch
(noun) an informal body of friends; “he still hangs out with the same crowd”
crew
(verb) serve as a crew member on
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
crew (plural crews)
A group of people together
(obsolete) Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng.
A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.
A group of people working together on a task.
(arts) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.
(informal, often derogatory) A close group of friends.
(often derogatory) A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker.
(Scouting) A group of Rovers.
(slang, hip-hop) A hip-hop group
(rowing) A rowing team manning a single shell.
A person in a crew
(plural: crew) A member of the crew of a vessel or plant.
(arts, plural: crew) A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast.
(nautical, plural: crew) A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.
(sports, rowing, US, uncountable) The sport of competitive rowing.
Synonyms
• (group manning a vessel): ship's company, all hands, complement
• (group engaged in a task): team, gang
• (non-cast dramatic personnel): staff, stagehands
• (social group): clique, gang, pack, crowd, bunch, lot (UK); posse
• (group lumped together): crowd, flock, lot, gang
• (hip-hop group): posse, band, group
• (member of a crew): crewer, member, crewmember; nautical only: sailor, seaman
• (non-officer ship worker): seaman
Verb
crew (third-person singular simple present crews, present participle crewing, simple past and past participle crewed)
(transitive and intransitive) To be a member of a vessel's crew
To be a member of a work or production crew
To supply workers or sailors for a crew
(nautical) To do the proper work of a sailor
(nautical) To take on, recruit (new) crew
Etymology 2
Verb
crew
(British, archaic) simple past tense of crow Made the characteristic sound of a rooster.
Etymology 3
Noun
crew (plural crews)
(British, dialectal) A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs
Etymology 4
Noun
crew (plural crews)
The Manx shearwater.
Etymology
Proper noun
Crew
A habitational surname.
A male given name from surnames.
Source: Wiktionary
Crew (kr), n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The Manx shearwater.
Crew (kr), n. Etym: [From older accrue accession, reAccrue, Crescent.]
1. A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng. There a noble crew Of lords and ladies stood on every side. Spenser. Faithful to whom to thy rebellious crew Milton.
2. The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.
Note: The word crew, in law, is ordinarily used as equivalent to ship's company, including master and other officers. When the master and other officers are excluded, the context always shows it. Story. Burrill.
3. In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.
Syn.
– Company; band; gang; horde; mob; herd; throng; party.
Crew (kr),
Definition: imp. of Crow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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