crew
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
crews
plural
crews
Britannica Dictionary definition of CREW
1
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a
:
the group of people who operate a ship, airplane, or train
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a skilled member of a ship's crew
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flight crews
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the flight's passengers and crew
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crew members
b
:
the people who work on a ship except the officers and captain
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the ship's captain and crew
2
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:
a group of people who do a specified kind of work together
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see also ground crew
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A construction crew will begin work on the house next week.
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the restaurant's kitchen crew
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television/news/film crews
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the film's camera crew
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We spoke with members of the show's original cast and crew. [=actors and other people who work to produce a show]
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the driver's pit crew [=people who fix a race car during a race]
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one of the factory's crew chiefs [=people in charge of a group of workers]
3
[singular]
informal
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a group of people who are friends or who are doing something together
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He and his crew [=gang] used to hang out at the bowling alley.
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We were a motley crew [=an unusual mixed group] of musicians and athletes.
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a
[count]
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a team that rows a boat in a race against other boats
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Crews from several colleges will be competing in today's race.
b
[noncount]
US
:
the sport of racing in long, narrow boats that are moved by rowing with oars
:
rowing
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In college, she participated in both crew and tennis.
2
crew
/ˈkruː/
verb
crews;
crewed;
crewing
2
crew
/ˈkruː/
verb
crews;
crewed;
crewing
Britannica Dictionary definition of CREW
:
to work as a member of a crew that operates a ship or airplane
[no object]
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She spent a couple of years crewing on a British ship.
[+ object]
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The ship was crewed by 12 men.
