crew
- 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.
- Noun. (context, plural: crew) A member of the crew of a vessel or plant.
- Noun. (nautical, plural:crew) A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.
- Noun. (arts) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.
- Noun. (arts, plural: crew) A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast.
- Noun. A group of people working together on a task.
- Noun. (informal, often) A close group of friends.
- Noun. (often, _) A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker.
- Noun. (slang, hip-hop) A hip-hop group.
- Noun. (sports) The sport of competitive rowing.
- Noun. (rowing) A rowing team manning a single shell.
- Verb. (transitive, _) To be a member of a vessel's crew.
- Verb. To be a member of a work or production crew.
- Verb. To supply workers or sailors for a crew.
- Verb. (nautical) To do the proper work of a sailor.
- Verb. (nautical) To take on, recruit (new) crew.
- Verb. (British) (past of, crow) To have made the characteristic sound of a rooster.
- Noun. (British, dialectal) A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs.
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