CREWS

Noun

crews

plural of crew

Verb

crews

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crew

Anagrams

• screw

Proper noun

Crews

A surname.

Anagrams

• screw

Source: Wiktionary


CREW

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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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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