CREW


Meaning of CREW in English

I.

chiefly Britain

past of crow vi 1

II. ˈkrü noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English crue reinforcement, body of soldiers, from Middle French creue increase, from Old French, feminine of creu, past participle of creistre to grow — more at crescent

1. archaic : a band or force of armed men

that fair crew of knights — Edmund Spenser

2. : a company of people temporarily associated together : assemblage , throng , retinue

mirth, admit me of thy crew — John Milton

3.

a. : a group of people regarded as associated by common traits, interests, or purpose : set , gang , mob

that crooked politician and his crew of heelers

b. : a company or squad of men working on one job or under one foreman : gang

lumbering crew

wrecking crew

stage crew

c. : a group of men organized to serve or operate a machine, vehicle, or other apparatus (as a fieldpiece, railroad train, or tank)

mortar crew

4.

a. : the company of seamen who man a ship : the whole company belonging to a ship sometimes including the officers and master

b. : a small body or gang of men on a ship who work under the direction of some petty officer or who are assigned to some particular duty

the galley crew

c. : the body of men manning a racing shell

a college crew

crew practice

also : rowing

his chief activities were wrestling and crew

d. : the persons who man an aircraft in flight — called also flight crew

5. : a subdivision of an explorer unit of the Boy Scouts of America made up of two or more explorers and corresponding to a boy scout patrol

III. verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

intransitive verb

: to act as a member of a crew

crew on the winning sailboat

transitive verb

: to serve on (a ship or aircraft) as a crew member

any man who has crewed both conventional fighters and jets — Aero Digest

IV. noun

( -s )

Etymology: partly from Middle English, fish trap, from Scottish Gaelic crō pen for animals, hut; partly from Welsh crau pigpen & Cornish crow; akin to Old Irish crāu stable, hut — more at crypt

dialect Britain : a pen for cattle, swine, or sheep

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.