First Known Use: 15th century
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1crew
\ˈkrü\
2crew
noun \ˈkrü\
: the group of people who operate a ship, airplane, or train
: the people who work on a ship except the officers and captain
: a group of people who do a specified kind of work together
Full Definition of CREW
1
archaic : a band or force of armed men
2
a : a group of people associated together in a common activity or by common traits or interests b : gang 1b(2)
3
a : a company of people working on one job or under one foreman or operating a machine b : the whole company belonging to a ship sometimes including the officers and master; also : one who assists the skipper of a sailboat c : the persons who have duties on an aircraft in flight d : the rowers and coxswain of a racing shell; also : rowing
— crew·less \-ləs\ adjective
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Origin of CREW
Middle English crue, from Middle French, reinforcement, literally, increase, from crue, feminine past participle of croistre to grow, from Latin crescere — more at crescent
Rhymes with CREW
blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo
3crew
verb
: to work as a member of a crew that operates a ship or airplane
Full Definition of CREW
intransitive verb
: to act as a member of a crew
transitive verb
: to serve as a crew member on (as a ship or aircraft)
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First Known Use of CREW
1935
CREW Defined for Kids
crew
noun \ˈkrü\
Definition of CREW for Kids
1
: the group of people who operate a ship, train, or airplane
2
: a group of people working together <the news crew>
3
: a gathering of people <Mom feeds a large crew on holidays.>
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