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Dictionary: crew1   (krū) pronunciation
n.
    1. A group of people working together; a gang: a crew of stagehands.
    2. A group of people gathered together temporarily; a crowd.
    1. All personnel operating or serving aboard a ship.
    2. All of a ship's personnel except the officers.
    3. All personnel operating or serving aboard an aircraft in flight.
  1. Sports.
    1. A team of rowers, as of a racing shell.
    2. The sport of rowing.

v., crewed, crew·ing, crews.

v.intr.
To serve as a member of a crew: crewed on a sloop.

v.tr.
To serve as a crew member on: The space station will be crewed by a team of eight people.

[Middle English creue, military reinforcement, from Old French, increase, from feminine past participle of creistre, to grow, from Latin crēscere.]

crewman crew'man n.
crewperson crew'per'son n.
crewwoman crew'wom'an n.

crew2 (krū) pronunciation
v. Chiefly British
A past tense of crow2.


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noun

    A group of people organized for a particular purpose: body, corps, detachment, force, gang, team, unit. See group.

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n

Definition: workers
Antonyms: officers


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IN BRIEF: People who run a ship or plane. Also: any group of people working together on a job.

pronunciation There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew. — Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980).

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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.[1]

"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 (Mafia-affiliated) organized crime.

Crew can refer simply to a group of friends, unrelated to crime or violence. Many of these "crews" exist through MySpace, and the crew's initials were often placed in square brackets in a person's MySpace name. This was a common trend around 2007-early 2008.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mandskab, menig besætning, stab, arbejdsgruppe, slæng
v. tr. - bemande
v. intr. - være besætning, være besætningsmedlem

idioms:

  • crew cut    karseklipning
  • crew neck    rund hals

Nederlands (Dutch)
bemanning, ploeg, gezelschap, bemannen

Français (French)
n. - (Aviat, Naut) équipage, équipe (d'aviron), bande (péj ou hum)
v. tr. - être membre de l'équipage de
v. intr. - (Naut) être l'équipier de qn

idioms:

  • crew cut    coupe de cheveux en brosse
  • crew neck    col ras du cou, pull ras du cou

Deutsch (German)
n. - Besatzung, Crew, Mannschaft, Bande
v. - die Besatzung sein von

idioms:

  • crew cut    Bürstenschnitt
  • crew neck    runder Halsausschnitt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ναυτ.) πλήρωμα (κν. τσούρμο), (μτφ.) πλήρωμα, προσωπικό (επάνδρωσης), περιστασιακή συντροφιά ή παρέα
v. - (καθομ.) επανδρώνω, ορίζω το πλήρωμα

idioms:

  • crew cut    κοντό / στρατιωτικό κούρεμα
  • crew neck    (για ρούχο) στρογγυλός, εφαρμοστός λαιμός

Italiano (Italian)
equipaggiare, equipaggio, squadra

idioms:

  • crew cut    capelli a spazzola
  • crew neck    a girocollo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tripulação (f), turma (f)
v. - prover de tripulação

idioms:

  • crew cut    corte (m) de cabelo tipo escovinha
  • crew neck    gola (f) careca

Русский (Russian)
обслуживать (судно), команда, бригада

idioms:

  • crew cut    стрижка ежиком
  • crew neck    горловина

Español (Spanish)
n. - tripulación, dotación, equipo
v. tr. - tripular
v. intr. - tripular

idioms:

  • crew cut    pelo cortado al rape
  • crew neck    cuello marinero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - besättning, manskap, arbetslag, gäng (vard.)
v. - arbeta på båt mm

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
全体人员, 全体机员, 群众, 当船员或机务人员

idioms:

  • crew cut    平头
  • crew neck    水手领

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 全體人員, 全體機員, 群眾
v. intr. - 當船員或機務人員

idioms:

  • crew cut    平頭
  • crew neck    水手領

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 승무원, (공동 작업에 종사하는) 조, 패거리
v. tr. - 승무원으로서 일하다
v. intr. - 승무원으로서 일하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 乗組員, クルー, 一団, 仲間, チーム, 選手

idioms:

  • crew cut    水兵刈り, 角刈り
  • crew neck    クルーネック, 丸首セーター

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طاقم السفينه أو الطائرة, فريق (فعل) عمل ضمن فريق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צוות‬
v. intr. - ‮פעל כצוות‬


 
 
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