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Crew   /kru/   Listen
noun
Crew  n.  (Zool.) The Manx shearwater.


Crew  n.  
1.
A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng. "There a noble crew Of lords and ladies stood on every side." "Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious crew?"
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.
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.
Synonyms: Company; band; gang; horde; mob; herd; throng; party.


verb
Crow  v. i.  (past crew or crowed; past part. crowed, obs. crown; pres. part. crowing)  
1.
To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. "The cock had crown." "The morning cock crew loud."
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."
To crow over, to exult over a vanquished antagonist. "Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem."


Crew  v.  Imp. of Crow.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Crew" Quotes from Famous Books



... and see," he said, and led me back to his boat, where all the crew seemed as fearful as he ...
— Moon of Israel • H. Rider Haggard
... and carnage, Aladdin came suddenly upon Peter, smiling like a favorite at a dance, and shouted to him. They grinned at each other, and as Aladdin grinned he looked about to see where he could be of use, and sprang toward a gun half of whose crew had been blasted to death by a bursting shell. The sweat ran down his face, and already it was black with burning powder. The flash of the guns set fire to the clothing of the dead and wounded who lay in front, and on the recoil the iron-shod wheels ...
— Aladdin O'Brien • Gouverneur Morris
... laid there for men to stand on. A distinction was made between long-ships or ships of war, made long for speed, and ... ships of burden, which were built to carry cargo. The common complement was thirty rowers, which in warships made sometimes a third and sometimes a sixth of the crew. All round the warships, before the fight began, shield was laid on shield, on a rim or rail, which ran all round the bulwarks, presenting a mark like the hammocks of our navy, by which a long-ship could be at once detected. ...
— The story of Burnt Njal - From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga • Anonymous
... might remain our property and be used as a means of communication between us and the civilized world. These facts and many others are so familiar to our friends in Boston, that I deem it wholly unnecessary to set them forth in fuller detail. The names of all our passengers and crew stand upon record in Boston, and are not needed to be written here ...
— The Ape, the Idiot & Other People • W. C. Morrow
... shouted. "Go to it, boys! You can lick 'em yet! Hurrah for the United States. Look, Raymon, look! They've shot down the crew of the machine guns. See, see, the Mexicans are turning to run. At 'em, boys! They're waving the American flag! There it is in all the thick of the smoke! Hark! There's the bugle call to mount again! They're going to ...
— Further Foolishness • Stephen Leacock


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