crew

Meanings

Plural: crews

Noun

• the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
• an organized group of workmen
• an informal body of friends
• the team of men manning a racing shell
• A group of people together
• Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng.
• 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.
• A group of people together
• A group of people working together on a task.
• A group of people together
• The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.
• A group of people together
• A close group of friends.
• A group of people together
• A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker.
• A group of people together
• A group of Rovers.
• A group of people together
• A hip-hop or b-boying group.
• A group of people together
• A rowing team manning a single shell.
• A person in a crew
• A member of the crew of a vessel or plant.
• A person in a crew
• A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast.
• A person in a crew
• A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.
• The sport of competitive rowing.
• A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs
• The Manx shearwater.

Verb

• serve as a crew member on
• 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
• To do the proper work of a sailor
• To take on, recruit (new) crew
• simple past of crow (“make the characteristic sound of a rooster”).

Synonyms

all hands, band, bunch, clique, complement, crewer, crewmember, crowd, flock, gang, group, lot, member, nautical only: sailor, pack, posse, seaman, ship's company, staff, stagehands, team, work party