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crew 1   (krōō)   
n.  
    1. A group of people working together; a gang: a crew of stagehands.

    2. A group of people gathered together temporarily; a crowd.

    3. All personnel operating or serving aboard a ship.

    4. All of a ship's personnel except the officers.

    5. All personnel operating or serving aboard an aircraft in flight.

    6. A team of rowers, as of a racing shell.

    7. The sport of rowing.

    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.

    4. A team of rowers, as of a racing shell.

    5. The sport of rowing.

  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; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
crew'man n., crew'per'son n., crew'wom'an n.
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