a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together: the crew of a train; a wrecking crew.
2.
Nautical.
a.
the people who sail or operate a ship or boat.
b.
the common sailors of a ship's company.
c.
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.
–verb (used with object)
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.).
–verb (used without object)
10.
to serve as a member of a crew.
Origin: 1425–75; late ME crewe augmentation, hence reinforcements, body of soldiers < MF creue, lit., increase, n. use of fem. of OF creu, ptp. of creistre to grow < L crēscere;see crescent
A group of people working together; a gang: a crew of stagehands.
A group of people gathered together temporarily; a crowd.
All personnel operating or serving aboard a ship.
All of a ship's personnel except the officers.
All personnel operating or serving aboard an aircraft in flight.
A team of rowers, as of a racing shell.
The sport of rowing.
All personnel operating or serving aboard a ship.
All of a ship's personnel except the officers.
All personnel operating or serving aboard an aircraft in flight.
A team of rowers, as of a racing shell.
The sport of rowing.
Sports
A team of rowers, as of a racing shell.
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; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.] crew'man n., crew'per'son n., crew'wom'an n.
crew 2 (krōō) v.
Chiefly British A past tense of crow2.
[kroo] 
