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Crew

//kɹuː// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A habitational surname from Welsh.
  2. 2
    Acronym of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

    "“Defendants’ representations to this Court that Mr. Musk is not running DOGE are tantamount to legal gaslighting,” CREW said."

  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. 4
    A townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
  5. 5
    A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Noun
  1. 1
    A group of people together; Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng. obsolete

    "There a noble crew / Of Lordes and Ladies stood on every side."

  2. 2
    A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs British, East-Midlands, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal

    "Between the shippon and the pig-crew, with the wind blowing over from the vegetable ground."

  3. 3
    The Manx shearwater. dated, dialectal
  4. 4
    Acronym of continuous review, evaluation, and weeding. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  5. 5
    an organized group of workmen wordnet
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  1. 6
    A group of people together; 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.

    "If you need help, please contact a member of the crew."

  2. 7
    the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.) wordnet
  3. 8
    A group of people together; A group of people working together on a task.

    "The crews competed to cut the most timber."

  4. 9
    the team of men or women manning a racing shell wordnet
  5. 10
    A group of people together; The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.

    "There are a lot of carpenters in the crew!"

  6. 11
    an informal body of friends wordnet
  7. 12
    A group of people together; A close group of friends. derogatory, informal, often

    "I’d look out for that whole crew down at Jack’s."

  8. 13
    A group of people together; A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker. derogatory, often

    "1861 William Weston Patton, (version of) John Brown's Body He captured Harper’s Ferry, with his nineteen men so few, And frightened "Old Virginny" till she trembled thru and thru; They hung him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew, But his soul is marching on."

  9. 14
    A group of people together; A group of Rovers.
  10. 15
    A group of people together; A hip-hop or b-boying group. slang

    "And Jay cuts the records every day of the week / And we are the crew that can never be meek"

  11. 16
    A group of people together; A rowing team manning a single shell.

    "If a crew feather much under water, it is a good plan to seat them in a row on a bench, and give each man a stick to handle as an oar."

  12. 17
    A person in a crew; A member of the crew of a vessel or plant. plural

    "One crew died in the accident."

  13. 18
    A person in a crew; A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast. plural

    "There were three actors and six crew on the set."

  14. 19
    A person in a crew; A member of a ship's company who is not an officer. plural

    "The officers and crew assembled on the deck."

  15. 20
    The sport of competitive rowing. US, uncountable

    "The University of Virginia belongs to the Atlantic Coast Conference and competes interscholastically in basketball, baseball, crew, cross country, fencing, football, golf, indoor track, lacrosse, polo, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, and wrestling."

Verb
  1. 1
    To be a member of a vessel's crew intransitive, transitive

    "We crewed together on a fishing boat last year."

  2. 2
    simple past of crow (“make the characteristic sound of a rooster”). British, archaic, form-of, past

    "It was still dark when the cock crew."

  3. 3
    serve as a crew member on wordnet
  4. 4
    To be a member of a work or production crew

    "The film was crewed and directed by students."

  5. 5
    To supply workers or sailors for a crew

    "The seafood companies crewed huge trawlers with new fishermen, many of whom were fish-plant workers, since much of the work on board a modern trawler is fish processing."

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  1. 6
    To do the proper work of a sailor

    "The crewing of the vessel before the crash was deficient."

  2. 7
    To take on, recruit (new) crew

    "The two ships will be crewing in the latter half of September."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

Probably of Brythonic origin. Compare Middle Welsh creu (“pigsty, hovel, stockade”).

Etymology 4

From Crewe in Cheshire, Old Welsh criu (“weir”).

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