Crew
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kɹuː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Crew is a noun meaning A group of people together.
Meaning
A group of people together.
More Meanings
- A person in a crew
- (sports, rowing, US, uncountable) The sport of competitive rowing.
- (transitive and intransitive) To be a member of a vessel's crew.
- (transitive) To be a member of a work or production crew.
- (transitive) To supply workers or sailors for a crew.
- (nautical) To do the proper work of a sailor.
- (nautical) To take on, recruit (new) crew.
Example Sentences
The ship was crewed by fifty sailors.
The film was crewed and directed by students.
We crewed together on a fishing boat last year.
Steele crewed the boat with men from his own regiment and volunteers from John Wood's detachment.
Word Forms
- crews
- crewing
- crewed
Synonyms for crew
Depending on context, synonyms include all hands, complement, team, gang, staff, stagehands.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bunch, gang, crowd, posse, squad, platoon.
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