crew

(krū)
n.

1. 1. A group of people working together; a gang: a crew of stagehands.
   2. A group of people gathered together temporarily; a crowd.
2. 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.
3. 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)
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.

n

Definition: workers
Antonyms: officers

(Craobh) Antrim, Derry, Tyrone. ‘Sacred tree’.

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

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

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The personnel who maintain and operate aircraft. The different types of crew are aircrew, ground crew (aircraft servicing personnel), and cabin crew.

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noun, orig US

In hip-hop subculture: a group of rappers, breakdancers, graffiti artists, etc. working or performing together; also, more broadly, a person's friends, associates, or entourage. (1979 —) .
Unity As you can tell I have a major problem with townies as they give so much trouble to me and my crew just because we skate (1999).

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For a list of words related to crewman, see:

• Nautical Occupations - crewman: individual member of ship’s crew

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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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