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Definitions for Crew

[1] a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together: the crew of a train; a wrecking crew.
[2] Nautical . the people who sail or operate a ship or boat. the common sailors of a ship's company. a particular gang of a ship's company.
[3] the people who fly or operate an aircraft or spacecraft.
[4] the team that rows a racing shell: varsity crew.
[5] the sport of racing with racing shells: He went out for crew in his freshman year.
[6] a company; crowd: He and his crew of friends filled the room.
[7] any force or band of armed men.
[8] to serve as a member of a crew on (a ship, aircraft, etc.).
[9] to obtain or employ a crew for (a ship, aircraft, etc.).
[10] to serve as a member of a crew.
[11] a simple past tense of crow2.
[12] to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
[13] to gloat, boast, or exult (often followed by over ).
[14] to utter an inarticulate cry of pleasure, as an infant does.
[15] the characteristic cry of a rooster.
[16] an inarticulate cry of pleasure.
[17] the men who man a ship, boat, aircraft, etc
[18] nautical a group of people assigned to a particular job or type of work
[19] informal a gang, company, or crowd
[20] to serve on (a ship) as a member of the crew
[21] a past tense of crow 2
[22] plural Crows or Crow a member of a Native American people living in E Montana
[23] the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family
[24] any large gregarious songbird of the genus Corvus, esp C. corone (the carrion crow) of Europe and Asia: family Corvidae . Other species are the raven, rook, and jackdaw and all have a heavy bill, glossy black plumage, and rounded wings See also carrion crow Related adjective: corvine
[25] any of various other corvine birds, such as the jay, magpie, and nutcracker
[26] any of various similar birds of other families
[27] offensive an old or ugly woman
[28] short for crowbar
[29] as the crow flies as directly as possible
[30] eat crow US and Canadian informal to be forced to do something humiliating
[31] stone the crows stone
[32] (past tense crowed or crew) to utter a shrill squawking sound, as a cock
[33] (often foll by over) to boast one's superiority
[34] (esp of babies) to utter cries of pleasure
[35] the act or an instance of crowing

Words related to Crew

corps, crowd, company, band, squad, troop, team, gang, set, cluster, troupe, bunch, horde, retinue, posse, swarm, lot, party, bevy, faction

Words nearby Crew

crevalle jack, crevasse, creve coeur, crevice, crevicular, crew, crew chief, crew cut, crew neck, crew sock, crewe

Origin of Crew

ow2before 1000; Middle English crowen, Old English crāwan; cognate with Dutch kraaien, German krähen; see crow1

Other words from Crew

crew·less , adjective
crow·er , noun
crow·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Crew

owOld English crāwan; related to Old High German krāen, Dutch kraaien

Synonyms for Crew

band, company, corps, crowd, gang, squad, team, troop, aggregation, assemblage, bevy, bunch, cluster, collection, complement, congregation, covey, faction, hands, herd, horde, lot, mob, organization, pack, party, posse, retinue, sailors, sect, set, swarm, troupe, workers, working party