crew

  1. Noun.  A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat or airplane.
  2. Noun.  (context, plural: crew) A member of the crew of a vessel or plant.
  3. Noun.  (nautical, plural:crew) A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.
  4. Noun.  (arts) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.
  5. Noun.  (arts, plural: crew) A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast.
  6. Noun.  A group of people working together on a task.
  7. Noun.  (informal, often) A close group of friends.
  8. Noun.  (often, _) A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker.
  9. Noun.  (slang, hip-hop) A hip-hop group.
  10. Noun.  (sports) The sport of competitive rowing.
  11. Noun.  (rowing) A rowing team manning a single shell.
  12. Verb.  (transitive, _) To be a member of a vessel's crew.
  13. Verb.  To be a member of a work or production crew.
  14. Verb.  To supply workers or sailors for a crew.
  15. Verb.  (nautical) To do the proper work of a sailor.
  16. Verb.  (nautical) To take on, recruit (new) crew.
  17. Verb.  (British) (past of, crow) To have made the characteristic sound of a rooster.
  18. Noun.  (British, dialectal) A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs.

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