crew
IPA: krˈu
noun
- 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.
- (art) 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 or b-boying 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.
- (art, 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.
- (Britain, dialectal) A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs
- The Manx shearwater.
- A habitational surname from Welsh.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
- A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
- (library science) Acronym of continuous review, evaluation, and weeding.
verb
- (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
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Examples of "crew" in Sentences
- The crew of the ferry died.
- The crew evacuated the aircraft.
- She was in the Caravan with the crew.
- The crew safely evacuated the aircraft.
- He summonned the rest of the crew to crush the team.
- The crew was forced at gunpoint to overload the aircraft.
- The aircraft was a total loss but the crew of eight was uninjured.
- The blast also crippled the aircraft, forcing the crew to bail out.
- The crew team ranks as one of the top scholastic teams in the nation.
- Although the aircraft was hit, the 12 passengers and crew were unhurt.