noun

1. a group of people associating or classed together; company, set, gang, etc.
2. a group of people working together, usually under the direction of a foreman or leader a road crew, gun crew
3. 1. all of a ship's personnel, usually excepting the officers
   2. on a small sailboat, the person or persons who assist the helmsman, as by handling the sails
4. aircrew
5. 1. a rowing team for a racing shell, usually of two, four, six, or eight oarsmen with or without a coxswain
   2. the sport of rowing racing shells
6. Archaic an organized band of armed men

Etymology: ME creue, increase, growth < OFr < pp. of creistre, to grow < L crescere: see crescent

transitive verb, intransitive verb

intransitive verb