Definitions for crew
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. crewnoun

   the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)

2. gang, crew, work partynoun

   an organized group of workmen

3. crowd, crew, gang, bunchnoun

   an informal body of friends

   "he still hangs out with the same crowd"

4. crewverb

   the team of men manning a racing shell

5. crewverb

   serve as a crew member on

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. crewverb

   To have made the characteristic sound of a rooster.

   It was still dark when the cock crew.

2. crewnoun

   A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. CREWnoun

   Etymology: probably from crud, Saxon.

   1. A company of people associated for any purpose; as gallant crew, for troops. Chevy-chase.

   There a noble crew
   Of lords and ladies stood on every side,
   Which, with their presence fair, the place much beautify’d. Fairy Queen, b. i. cant.
   4. stanz. 7.

   2. The company of a ship.

   The anchors drop’d, his crew the vessels moor. John Dryden, Æn.

   3. It is now generally used in a bad sense.

   One of the banish’d crew,
   I fear, hath ventur’d from the deep, to raise
   New troubles. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iv. l. 573.

   He with a crew, whom like ambition joins
   With him, or under him to tyrannize,
   Marching from Eden tow’rds the west, shall find
   The plain. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xii. l. 38.

   The last was he, whose thunder slew
   The Titan race, a rebel crew. Addison.

2. Crewthe preterite of crow.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crew

   A crew is a group or class of people who work at a common activity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Crewnoun

   the Manx shearwater

2. Crewnoun

   a company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng

3. Crewnoun

   the company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat

4. Crewnoun

   in an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew

5. Crew

   imp. of Crow

6. Crew

   of Crow

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crew

   A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard. The word has nautical resonances: the tasks involved in operating a ship, particularly a sailing ship, providing numerous specialities within a ship's crew, often organised with a chain of command. Traditional nautical usage strongly distinguishes officers from crew, though the two groups combined form the ship's company. Members of a crew are often referred to by the title "Crewman". "Crew" also refers to the sport of rowing, where teams row competitively in racing shells. "Crew" is used colloquially to refer to a small, tight-knit group of friends or associates engaged in criminal activity. Also used in reference to the traditional "unit" of criminals under the supervision of a caporegime in the American Mafia. However, the term is not specific to organized crime. Crew can refer simply to a group of friends, unrelated to crime or violence.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crew

   krōō, n. a company, squad, or gang, often in a bad or contemptuous sense: a ship's company. [O. Fr. creue, increase—croistre, to grow.]

2. Crew

   krōō, pa.t. of Crow.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crew

   Comprehends every officer and man on board ship, borne as complement on the books. There are in ships of war several particular crews or gangs, as the gunner's, carpenter's, sail-maker's, blacksmith's, armourer's, and cooper's crews.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crewnoun

   Group, band.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crew

   A team of people who work together for a specific purpose.

   The crew were fantastic working united together for the optimum health, human rights and shared prosperity of everyone.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 19, 2020  

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CREW

   What does CREW stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CREW acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CREW

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Crew is ranked #8127 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Crew surname appeared 4,081 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Crew.
   
   67.5% or 2,757 total occurrences were White.
   26.4% or 1,081 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 99 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.2% or 91 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.8% or 36 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 17 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Gathering
   • Man
   • Unit

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'crew' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3336

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'crew' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3979

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'crew' in Nouns Frequency: #1113

How to pronounce crew?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say crew in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of crew in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of crew in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of crew in a Sentence

1. Spencer Gardner:

   I think one of the things that people don't see from movies is that they don't see all of the people that are involved, we had people standing by if we needed to check something or run simulations before we gave procedures to crew.

2. Mark Pace:

   And crew handled everything, we were not allowed to serve ourselves.

3. Jim Jobling:

   It's a wonderful piece of the history for the Navy guys to know that once a week (the CSS Georgia crew) did their practice rounds (with the gun), it's exhilarating and very rewarding.

4. Ian Graham:

   She's a shining light, hardworking and with an integrity that the rest of the motley crew in British politics just doesn't have.

5. Dan Moldea:

   Once they hear that Ralph Picardo is talking and informing, and actually locating Brother Moscatos dump as the site of the body, which it was at that point, that the whole Tony Pro crew decided to go red alert to get the body out of there.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=crew
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Crew
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=crew
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crew
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=crew
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=crew
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=crew
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html