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Definition crew

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”).

Noun

crew (plural crews)

1. A group of people together
   1. (obsolete) Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng.
   2. 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.
   3. A group of people working together on a task.
   4. (art) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.
   5. (informal, often derogatory) A close group of friends.
   6. (often derogatory) A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker.
   7. (Scouting) A group of Rovers.
   8. (slang, hip-hop) A hip-hop group
   9. (rowing) A rowing team manning a single shell.
2. A person in a crew
   1. (plural: crew) A member of the crew of a vessel or plant.
   2. (art, plural: crew) A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast.
   3. (nautical, plural: crew) A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.
3. (sports, rowing, US, uncountable) The sport of competitive rowing.

Verb

crew (third-person singular simple present crews, present participle crewing, simple past and past participle crewed)

1. (transitive and intransitive) To be a member of a vessel's crew
2. To be a member of a work or production crew
3. To supply workers or sailors for a crew
4. (nautical) To do the proper work of a sailor
5. (nautical) To take on, recruit (new) crew

Etymology 2

Verb

crew

1. (Britain, archaic) simple past tense of crow Made the characteristic sound of a rooster.

Etymology 3

Probably of Brythonic origin.

Noun

crew (plural crews)

1. (Britain, dialectal) A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs

Etymology 4

Noun

crew (plural crews)

1. The Manx shearwater.

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