a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together: the crew of a train; a wrecking crew.
Nautical.
the people who sail or operate a ship or boat.
the common sailors of a ship's company.
a particular gang of a ship's company.
the people who fly or operate an aircraft or spacecraft.
the team that rows a racing shell: varsity crew.
the sport of racing with racing shells: He went out for crew in his freshman year.
a company; crowd: He and his crew of friends filled the room.
any force or band of armed men.
verb (used with object)
to serve as a member of a crew on (a ship, aircraft, etc.).
to obtain or employ a crew for (a ship, aircraft, etc.).
verb (used without object)
to serve as a member of a crew.
Origin of crew
1
1425–75; late Middle English crewe augmentation, hence reinforcements, body of soldiers <Middle French creue, literally, increase, noun use of feminine of Old French creu, past participle of creistre to grow <Latin crēscere;see crescent
Although I’m a little self-conscious, I’m proud of my work on it— shot on a hot summer day with a safe and socially distant crew in my garage.
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There’s still a lot to learn about how every team is going to perform this season, but the entire Hot Takedown crew is united in hoping that Washington permanently adopts the clunky, quaint “Football Team” nickname.
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Military chopper pilots and crews have rescued another 78 people who had been trapped on the mountain amid the flames.
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The brokers then scout out potential “crew members” who can earn substantial discounts for working the journey.
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Carlisle writes that the Air Force would want a crew ratio of 10 to one for each drone orbit during normal everyday operations.
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Crew members had to cut through the ice on the streets to get shots.
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And its crew had fought so hard for a Christmastime miracle that was not to be.
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We also knew that once we hit the road, we would be paying our band and crew on a weekly basis.
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But since the crew was emphatically ordered to leave, a respirator might not provide much safety.
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The young midshipmen called the crew around them, after Needham took the helm.
The Three Midshipmen|W.H.G. Kingston
The German lived constantly under the scrutiny of one or another of the crew.
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Hardly had Orde's first crew passed, however, when Heinzman's men began to break down the logs into the drive.
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The coxswain waved his megaphone at our friends in a friendly fashion, and then gave his attention to his crew.
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British Dictionary definitions for crew (1 of 2)
crew1
/ (kruː) /
noun(sometimes functioning as plural)
the men who man a ship, boat, aircraft, etc
nauticala group of people assigned to a particular job or type of work
informala gang, company, or crowd
verb
to serve on (a ship) as a member of the crew
Word Origin for crew
C15 crue (military) reinforcement, from Old French creue augmentation, from Old French creistre to increase, from Latin crescere