crew Meaning & Definition

Synonyms of Crew

Antonyms of Crew

Crew in a Sentence

If you need help, please contact a member of the crew.

The crews competed to cut the most timber.

There are a lot of carpenters in the crew!

The crews for different movies would all come down to the bar at night.

I’d look out for that whole crew down at Jack’s.

One crew died in the accident.

There were three actors and six crew on the set.

The officers and crew assembled on the deck.

There are quarters for three officers and five crew.

We crewed together on a fishing boat last year.

The ship was crewed by fifty sailors.

The film was crewed and directed by students.

The crewing of the vessel before the crash was deficient.

It was still dark when the cock crew.

the cry I crew

He’s been crowing all day about winning the game of cards.

Horwitz begins his re-creation of Cook's journeys by crewing on a replica of the Endeavour, Cook's first ship.

Crewing the vessel were three experienced sailors …

… you need to know at least 72 hours beforehand … to fuel and crew the plane, fly the plane over, give the crew enough time to rest, he [Erik Pitkethly] says.

Eventually, the production based itself in Stirling and Jankel filmed entirely on location … . The Screen Scotland Screen Commission helped crew the film with a majority Scottish contingent.

we'll need the whole crew to stay late tomorrow

when one boy turned informant, the police were able to nab the drug kingpin and the rest of his crew

being the home of the new Super Bowl champs was the first thing that city residents had to crow about in a very long time

the in-your-face crowing by some of the winning athletes at the Olympics was embarrassing

… you need to know at least 72 hours beforehand … to fuel and crew the plane, fly the plane over, give the crew enough time to rest, he [Erik Pitkethly] says. / Eventually, the production based itself in Stirling and Jankel filmed entirely on location … . The Screen Scotland Screen Commission helped crew the film with a majority Scottish contingent.

Word Forms & Grammar

crew·less adjective

crew

crewless

crews

crewed

crew·ing

crewing

crow

crowed

crow·ing

crowing

crows

crew (plural crews)

crew (third-person singular simple present crews, present participle crewing, simple past and past participle crewed)

Words That Rhyme With Crew

Origin of Crew

Origin 1: Middle English crue, from Middle French, reinforcement, literally, increase, from crue, feminine past participle of croistre to grow, from Latin crescere crescent

Origin 2: Middle English, from Old English crāwan

Origin 3: From Middle English crue, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”).

Origin 4: Probably of Brythonic/Cumbric origin. Compare Middle Welsh creu (“pigsty, hovel, stockade”).

First Known Use

15th century

1900t

before 12th centuryi