crew
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Definition of crew
(Entry 1 of 3)
chiefly British past tense of crow
crew
noun
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Definition of crew (Entry 2 of 3)
1
archaic
: a band or force of armed men
2a
: a group of people associated together in a common activity or by common traits or interests
b
: gang sense 1a
3a
: a company of people working on one job or under one foreman or operating a machine
b
: the whole company belonging to a ship sometimes including the officers and master
also
: one who assists the skipper of a sailboat
c
: the persons who have duties on an aircraft in flight
crew
verb
crewed;
crewing;
crews
Definition of crew (Entry 3 of 3)
: to act as a member of a crew
: to serve as a crew member on (a ship, an aircraft, etc.)
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Other Words from crew
Noun
crewless
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adjective
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adjective
Synonyms for crew
Synonyms: Noun
cabal, conspiracy, gang, Mafia, mob, ring, syndicate
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Examples of crew in a Sentence
Noun
a skilled member of a ship's crew the flight's passengers and crew the ship's captain and crew A construction crew will begin work on the house next week.Verb
She spent a couple of years crewing on a British ship. The ship was crewed by 12 men.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The seventh movie was in production at the time, and the cast and crew relied on Cody to come in as a stand-in for his late brother in an emotional scene at the end of the movie. — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, "Paul Walker and Vin Diesel's Daughters Pose Together in Heartwarming Photo: 'With My Angel'," 31 Aug. 2019 Phoenix and Glendale fire crews responded to a home near Olive and 47th avenues about 8:25 p.m. for reports of a drowning, according to Capt. — Chelsea Curtis, azcentral, "5-year-old boy in extremely critical condition after pulled from Phoenix pool," 30 Aug. 2019 Officials and fire crews in the city of Herne, in western Germany, were combing every vent and corridor of an apartment block on Thursday in search of a deadly cobra. — Linda Givetash, NBC News, "Deadly cobra on the loose in German town, 30 residents evacuated," 29 Aug. 2019 Cal Fire crews have responded to a vegetation fire in the area of Del Dios HIghway and Toyon Canyon Road near Lake Hodges. — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Fire threatens structures near Lake Hodges," 29 Aug. 2019 Outlier Society Productions, Pearl Street Films, and Feigco Entertainment all pledged to add elements to their contracts guaranteeing a diverse cast and crew to each project. — Brianna Holt, Quartz, "To make change in Hollywood, start with a hashtag," 29 Aug. 2019 Fire crews extinguished multiple cars and an exterior metal shed. — Thy Vo, The Mercury News, "Firefighters put out fire at car storage shed in San Jose," 28 Aug. 2019 Some people living in Northeast Portland may see discolored water, KATU reported, because fire crews had to use fire hydrants that caused a loss of water pressure. — Amir Vera, CNN, "Oregon grass fire destroys 5 homes, 2 commercial buildings and 50 cars," 27 Aug. 2019 Fire crews responded about an hour before the explosion because of a fire alarm that was upgraded to a report of a gas leak in the parking lot, officials said. — Time, "Massive Gas Explosion Destroys Maryland Office and Shopping Complex," 26 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Taking a late summer getaway, the Beckham crew temporarily ditched their posh London home in favor of Italy. — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, "Harper Beckham Looks So Grown Up on Vacation with Her Family," 15 Aug. 2019 The International Space Station is constantly crewed. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Back story: Don’t forget San Diego when celebrating Apollo 11," 21 July 2019 But in the late 1960s, NASA blew past Roscosmos with the Apollo program, with the first crewed mission to the moon and, of course, the mission that enabled the first people to walk on the moon. — Time Staff, Time, "Here's Every Single Mission to the Moon in One Chart," 18 July 2019 The eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, Apollo 14 was the third to land on the Moon and the first to touch down in the lunar highlands. — Casey Smith, Indianapolis Star, "Across Indiana, trees are growing from seeds that went to the Moon. Here's where you can find them.," 17 July 2019 When the Stranger Things crew first wrapped season 1 — and long before the sci-fi series was a phenomenon — the cast had no idea what was next. — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, "Stranger Things Star Natalia Dyer On The Upside-Down Of Fame," 4 July 2019 During the ten-day flight, the astronauts tested the craft's descent engine while coupled to the command module, lifting both spacecraft to a lofty 300-mile orbit and marking the first crewed throttling of an engine in space. — Ernie Mastroianni, Discover Magazine, "Travel With Apollo 9 As They Launch to Space 50 Years Ago," 1 Mar. 2019 One of the reasons is the 1920 Jones Act, a post-World War I national security undertaking, requiring that vessels moving cargo between two U.S. ports be U.S. built, owned and crewed. — Debra Cagan, Houston Chronicle, "Comment: In maintaining Jones Act, the winner is Putin," 19 June 2019 North was crewing for Brun years ago when the skipper brushed a mark on the race course. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Innovator North always pushed the envelope, but ‘wasn’t afraid to fail’," 5 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'crew.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for crew
crew
noun
English Language Learners Definition of crew
(Entry 1 of 2)
: the group of people who operate a ship, airplane, or train
: the people who work on a ship except the officers and captain
: a group of people who do a specified kind of work together
crew
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of crew (Entry 2 of 2)
: to work as a member of a crew that operates a ship or airplane