Word: crew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti Latin crēscere Old French creistre Old French creuebor. Middle English crue English crew 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”). Pronunciation: /kɹuː/, /kɹʉw/, /kɹu/, /kɹʉː/, /kɾʉ/ 1. A group of people together Labels: obsolete Example: There a noble crew / Of Lordes and Ladies stood on every side. Example: Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious crew? 2. A group of people together Example: If you need help, please contact a member of the crew. Example: He saw now clearly that the sole crew of the vessel was these two dead men, and though he could not see their faces, he saw by their outstretched hands, which were all of ragged flesh, that they had been subjected to some strange exceptional process of decay. 3. A group of people together Example: The crews competed to cut the most timber. 4. A group of people together Example: There are a lot of carpenters in the crew! Example: The crews for different movies would all come down to the bar at night. 5. A group of people together Labels: derogatory, informal, often Example: I’d look out for that whole crew down at Jack’s. 6. A group of people together Labels: derogatory, often Example: 1861 William Weston Patton, (version of) John Brown's Body He captured Harper’s Ferry, with his nineteen men so few, And frightened "Old Virginny" till she trembled thru and thru; They hung him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew, But his soul is marching on. Example: Malignant principles bear fruit in kind and the Revolution did no more than practice what men had been taught by the abandoned crew of philosophers. 7. A group of people together 8. A group of people together Labels: slang Example: And Jay cuts the records every day of the week / And we are the crew that can never be meek Example: The most popular and critically acclaimed rap and deejay “crews”—Run-D.M.C., Whodini, L.L. Cool J, the Beastie Boys, the Fat Boys, Public Enemy, Full Force, Salt & Pepa, Afrika Bambaataa, Kurtis Blow, Mantronix, U.T.F.O., et al.—were spawned on that city's streets. 9. A group of people together Example: If a crew feather much under water, it is a good plan to seat them in a row on a bench, and give each man a stick to handle as an oar. 10. A person in a crew Labels: plural Example: One crew died in the accident. 11. A person in a crew Labels: plural Example: There were three actors and six crew on the set. 12. A person in a crew Labels: plural Example: The officers and crew assembled on the deck. Example: There are quarters for three officers and five crew. 13. The sport of competitive rowing. Labels: US, uncountable Example: The University of Virginia belongs to the Atlantic Coast Conference and competes interscholastically in basketball, baseball, crew, cross country, fencing, football, golf, indoor track, lacrosse, polo, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, and wrestling. Example: Two Andover classmates, Al Wilson and Al Lindley, both went out for crew in our freshman year at Yale.