Associations to the word «Crew»

Wiktionary

CREW, noun. A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, or airplane.
CREW, noun. (plural: crew) A member of the crew of a vessel or plant.
CREW, noun. (obsolete) Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng.
CREW, noun. (nautical) (plural: crew) A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.
CREW, noun. (arts) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.
CREW, noun. (arts) (plural: crew) A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast.
CREW, noun. A group of people working together on a task.
CREW, noun. (informal) (often derogatory) A close group of friends.
CREW, noun. (often derogatory) A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker.
CREW, noun. (informal) A group of people, especially friends or associates.
CREW, noun. (slang) (hip-hop) A hip-hop group
CREW, noun. (sports) (rowing) (uncountable) The sport of competitive rowing.
CREW, noun. (rowing) A rowing team manning a single shell.
CREW, verb. (transitive and intransitive) To be a member of a vessel's crew
CREW, verb. To be a member of a work or production crew
CREW, verb. To supply workers or sailors for a crew
CREW, verb. (nautical) To do the proper work of a sailor
CREW, verb. (nautical) To take on, recruit (new) crew
CREW, verb. (British) (archaic) simple past tense of crow To have made the characteristic sound of a rooster.
CREW, noun. (British) (dialectal) A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs
CREW, noun. The Manx shearwater.
CREW CAB, noun. A type of pickup truck with four full-sized doors
CREW CHIEF, noun. The leader or the head of a crew.
CREW CHIEF, noun. (sports) (chiefly US) the chief umpire, referee or other official.
CREW CHIEFS, noun. Plural of crew chief
CREW CUT, noun. A closely-cropped male haircut in which the hairs stick upward, like the short bristles of a brush.
CREW CUTS, noun. Plural of crew cut
CREW NECK, adjective. Referring to the collar of pullover garments, where the collar circles the neck, usually of sweaters and T-shirts. Often crew necked.
CREW NECK, adjective. Occasionally, a collar whose front is meant to ride up onto the neck, sometimes to Adam's apple level, more often termed as high crew.
CREW NECK, noun. Any garment with a crew neck.
CREW NECKS, noun. Plural of crew neck
CREW OVER, verb. Simple past tense of crow over

Dictionary definition

CREW, noun. The men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.).
CREW, noun. An organized group of workmen.
CREW, noun. An informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd".
CREW, noun. The team of men manning a racing shell.
CREW, verb. Serve as a crew member on.

Wise words

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