Definition of crew
- chiefly British past tense of crow
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Definition of crew
1
archaic
: a band or force of armed men
2 a
: a group of people associated together in a common activity or by common traits or interests
b
: gang 1a
3 a
: 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
d
: the rowers and coxswain of a racing shell;
also
: rowing
Examples of crew in a Sentence
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.
Recent Examples of crew from the Web
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Three people stopped on the side of the highway to help extinguish the fire and tend to the victims, who were then removed from the truck by crews from the Middleborough and Wareham fire departments, according to a statement from State Police.
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Eventually dive crews from Elgin, Carpentersville, East Dundee, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Pingree Grove, South Elgin and Streamwood fire departments joined the effort.
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The eight-man crew from Orange Coast College raced to one of its fastest times of the season on Friday, qualifying for the main draw at the Henley Royal Regatta.
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The Sacramento Metro Fire Department, as well as fire crews from the U.S. Forest Service and the cities of Folsom and Ione helped to put out the blaze.
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Emergency crews from the nearby Bay Area have been called for reinforcements.
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Kelly and Eric's four children hammered away on wooden tool boxes to take home with the help of crews from JE Dunn.
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Fire officials had called in additional fire resources, including the Granite Mountain Hotshots, the elite firefighting crew from nearby Prescott.
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On May 11, a crew from the Department of Streets and Sanitation whitewashed it.
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Definition of crew
: to serve as a crew member on (a ship, an aircraft, etc.)
Examples of crew in a Sentence
She spent a couple of years crewing on a British ship.
The ship was crewed by 12 men.
Recent Examples of crew from the Web
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The El Faro was a 40-year-old ship crewed with 33 mariners — eight of whom were New Englanders — that mysteriously steamed into a Category 3 hurricane and vanished off the Bahamas in October 2015.
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The Hard French crew always does right by Pride and throws one of the best parties of the weekend.
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But SpaceX is no longer planning on using the Heavy or crewed missions, SpaceNews reported.
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Whether from members of the field crew themselves or people researchers need to work with in remote places, Su says, there is often an underlying assumption that women aren’t as skilled, tough or driven as the men.
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Conveniently, Peter, a veteran racer with the Twin Cities club, already had crewing an A-scow on his bucket list.
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Today, it is not manned spaceflight, but rather crewed spaceflight.
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Elon Musk’s closely held Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is developing its own commercial space taxi and plans at least one crewed test flight before seeking approval to begin routine trips.
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This marks the first crewed support of lunar missions planned through 2030.
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First Known Use of crew
1935
CREW Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of crew for English Language Learners
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: the group of people who operate a ship, airplane, or train
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: the people who work on a ship except the officers and captain
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: a group of people who do a specified kind of work together
crew
Definition of crew for English Language Learners
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: to work as a member of a crew that operates a ship or airplane
CREW Defined for Kids
noun
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ˈkrü
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Definition of crew for Students
1
: the group of people who operate a ship, train, or airplane
2
: a group of people working together
- the news crew
3
: a gathering of people
- Mom feeds a large crew on holidays.
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