crew
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 /ˈkruː/  noun  ,  pl   crews
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  1 a : the group of people who operate a ship, airplane, or train
   a skilled member of a ship's crew
   flight crews
   the flight's passengers and crew
   crew members
  1 b : the people who work on a ship except the officers and captain
   the ship's captain and crew
  2 [  count  ] : a group of people who do a specified kind of work together
   A construction crew will begin work on the house next week.
   the restaurant's kitchen crew
   television/news/film crews
   the film's camera crew
   We spoke with members of the show's original cast and crew. [=actors and other people who work to produce a show]
   the driver's pit crew [=people who fix a race car during a race]
   one of the factory's crew chiefs [=people in charge of a group of workers]
  — see also ground crew
  3 [  singular  ] informal : a group of people who are friends or who are doing something together
   He and his crew [=gang] used to hang out at the bowling alley.
   We were a motley crew [=an unusual mixed group] of musicians and athletes.
  4 a [  count  ] : a team that rows a boat in a race against other boats
   Crews from several colleges will be competing in today's race.
  4 b [  noncount  ] US : the sport of racing in long, narrow boats that are moved by rowing with oars : rowing
   In college, she participated in both crew and tennis.
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  verb  , crews, crewed, crew·ing
  : to work as a member of a crew that operates a ship or airplane
   [  no obj  ] She spent a couple of years crewing on a British ship.
   [  + obj  ] The ship was crewed by 12 men.