Search results for 'crew':

crew¹ noun 1 the team of people manning a ship, aircraft, train, bus, etc. 2 a ship's company excluding the officers. 3 a team engaged in some operation • camera crew. 4 colloq, usually derog a bunch of people • a strange crew. verb (crewed, crewing) intrans to serve as a crew member on a yacht, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c in sense 4; 15c in obsolete sense 'reinforcement of a military force': from French creue increase, from Latin crescere to increase or grow.

crew² past tense of crow

crow noun 1 any of about 100 species of large black bird, including the carrion crow, rook, raven, etc, usually with a powerful black beak and shiny feathers. 2 the shrill drawn-out cry of a cock. verb (past tense crowed or crew , past participle crowed, present participle crowing) intrans 1 said of a cock: to cry shrilly. 2 said of a baby: to make happy inarticulate sounds. 3 (usually crow over someone or something) to triumph gleefully over them; to gloat. as the crow flies in a straight line. stone the crows! dated, slang an expression of amazement, horror, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon crawa.