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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CREW, n.
1. A company of people associated; as a noble crew; a gallant crew.
2. A company, in a low or bad sense, which is now most usual; a herd; as a rebel crew.
So we say, a miserable crew.
3. The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel or boat; the company belonging to a vessel. Also, the company or gang of a carpenter, gunner, boatswain, etc. It is appropriated to the common sailors.
CREW, pret. of crow, but the regular preterit and participle, crowed, is now most commonly used.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
2: an organized group of workmen [syn: gang, crew, work party]
3: an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" [syn: crowd, crew, gang, bunch]
4: the team of men manning a racing shell v
1: serve as a crew member on

Merriam Webster's

I. chiefly British past of crow II. noun Etymology: Middle English crue, from Middle French crue reinforcement, literally, increase, from crue, feminine past participle of croistre to grow, from Latin crescere — more at crescent Date: 15th century 1. archaic a band or force of armed men 2. a. a group of people associated together in a common activity or by common traits or interests b. gang 1b(2) 3. a. a company of people working on one job or under one foreman or operating a machine b. the whole company belonging to a ship sometimes including the officers and master; also one who assists the skipper of a sailboat c. the persons who have duties on an aircraft in flight d. the rowers and coxswain of a racing shell; also rowing • crewless adjective III. verb Date: 1935 intransitive verb to act as a member of a crew transitive verb to serve as a crew member on (as a ship or aircraft)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. (often treated as pl.) 1 a a body of people manning a ship, aircraft, train, etc. b such a body as distinguished from the captain or officers. c a body of people working together; a team. 2 colloq. a company of people; a gang (a motley crew). --v. 1 tr. supply or act as a crew or member of a crew for. 2 intr. act as a crew or member of a crew. Phrases and idioms: crew cut an orig. man's haircut which is short all over the head. crew neck a close-fitting round neckline, esp. on a sweater. Etymology: ME f. OF creüe increase, fem. past part. of croistre grow f. L crescere 2. past of CROW(2).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crew Crew (kr?), n. (Zo["o]l.) The Manx shearwater.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crew Crew (kr?), n. [From older accrue accession, re?n?orcement, hence, company, crew; the first syllable being misunderstood as the indefinite article. See Accrue, Crescent.] 1. A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng. There a noble crew Of lords and ladies stood on every side. --Spenser. Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious crew? --Milton. 2. The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat. Note: The word crew, in law, is ordinarily used as equivalent to ship's company, including master and other officers. When the master and other officers are excluded, the context always shows it. --Story. Burrill. 3. In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew. Syn: Company; band; gang; horde; mob; herd; throng; party.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crew Crew (kr?), imp. of Crow.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crow Crow (kr?), v. i. [imp. Crew (kr?) or Crowed (kr?d); p. p. Crowed (Crown (kr?n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Crowing.] [AS. cr?wan; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr?hen, cf. Lith. groti to croak. [root]24. Cf. Crake.] 1. To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. ``The cock had crown.'' --Bayron. The morning cock crew loud. --Shak. 2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag. 3. To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure. The sweetest little maid, That ever crowed for kisses. --Tennyson. To crow over, to exult over a vanquished antagonist. Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem. --Bp. Hall.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(crews, crewing, crewed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The crew of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft is the people who work on and operate it. The mission for the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour is essentially over... The surviving crew members were ferried ashore. N-COUNT-COLL 2. A crew is a group of people with special technical skills who work together on a task or project. ...a two-man film crew making a documentary... N-COUNT: usu with supp 3. If you crew a boat, you work on it as part of the crew. She was already a keen and experienced sailor, having crewed in both Merlin and Grayling... There were to be five teams of three crewing the boat. ...a fully crewed yacht. VERB: V, V n, V-ed 4. You can use crew to refer to a group of people you disapprove of. (INFORMAL) This crew of killers and life-wreckers are headed by the mad but cunning Nino Brown. = bunch, gang N-SING-COLL: oft N of n [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Ship's company. 2. Company, gang, band, set, horde, party, throng, mob, crowd.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A knot or gang; also a boat or ship's company. The canting crew are thus divided into twenty-three orders, which see under the different words:

MEN. 1 Rufflers 2 Upright Men 3 Hookers or Anglers 4 Rogues 5 Wild Rogues 6 Priggers of Prancers 7 Palliardes 8 Fraters 9 Jarkmen, or Patricoes 10 Fresh Water Mariners, or Whip Jackets 11 Drummerers 12 Drunken Tinkers 13 Swadders, or Pedlars 14 Abrams. WOMEN. 1 Demanders for Glimmer or Fire 2 Bawdy Baskets 3 Morts 4 Autem Morts 5 Walking Morts 6 Doxies 7 Delles 8 Kinching Morts 9 Kinching Coes

Moby Thesaurus

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