crew

crew (kro̵̅o̅)

noun

a group of people associating or classed together; company, set, gang, etc.
a group of people working together, usually under the direction of a foreman or leader a road crew, gun crew
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
aircrew
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
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

to serve (on) as the crew or a crew member

crew′·man noun pl. -·men

crew (kro̵̅o̅)

intransitive verb

Chiefly Brit. crow (sense )

The personnel of a ship or aircraft
seafarers, sailors, hands, seamen, able seamen, ship's complement, full complement, ship's company, mariners, sea dogs, matelots (French), gobs*, Jacks*, manjacks*, shellbacks*, aircrew*, flight crew. *
A group of people organized to do a particular job
company, troupe, squad; see organization 3, team 2.

Object

yacht: If you prefer to stay on land at night you can charter a crewed yacht for a day.

Converse of object

assemble: The lifeboat crew assembled but fortunately the 2 children were found before it was necessary to launch the lifeboats.

Adjective modifier

motley: Who dares take on the spirits of the motley crew?
loco: Someone had omitted to ask the loco crew to take it easy.
experienced: Our experienced flight crew take regular 6 monthly flight checks in a flight simulator and in real aircraft.
winning: The captain of the winning crew was Flt Lt G E Norton, and his navigator was Flt Lt H S Pinder.
intrepid: What makes the book so funny are the tales and escapades along the way encountered by Eric and his intrepid crew.
entire: An evacuation message can be sent to incident teams or the entire crew.

Modifies a noun

member: Crew members of the Happy Fellow suffered personal injury.
neck: Mine was for a crew neck so I cut a template from cardboard - a half circle 7 " across and 4 " deep.

Noun used with modifier

ambulance: At the scene, ambulance crews treated four patients in total.
cabin: Cabin crew have to be prepared to work on any day of the year, at any time of the day.
lifeboat: A number of the lifeboat crew suffered minor injuries.
camera: Outside the Body Zone there were two camera crews.
fire: Fire crews from Wallasey fire station, Wirral were alerted to the fire at around 4am last night.
bomber: You would be forgiven for thinking a fringe play about a World War II bomber crew would have a fairly eclectic take on events.

Possessives

landing-master: The landing-master's crew were occupied in assisting the millwrights in laying the railways to hand.
ship: Once the island is reached, sides are chosen - the mutinous pirates against the ship's crew.

Preposition: of

astronaut: The Challenger blew up 73 seconds after lift off and it killed the crew of seven astronauts.
ship: On the church wall is a memorial plaque to the crew of a Greek ship lost in a storm in the twenties.

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