1 [C+sing./pl.v.] all the people working on a ship, plane, etc:
None of the passengers and crew were injured. * crew members * a change of crew in Bombay
seealsoAIRCREW, CABINCREW, FLIGHTCREW
2 [C+sing./pl.v.] all the people working on a ship, plane etc. except the officers who are in charge:
the officers and crew
3 [C+sing./pl.v.] a group of people with special technical skills working together:
a film / camera crew * an ambulance crew
seealsoGROUNDCREW
4 [sing.] (usually disapproving) a group of people:
The people she invited were a pretty motley crew (= a strange mix of types of people).
5 [C+sing./pl.v.] a team of people who row boats in races:
a member of the Cambridge crew
6 [U] (AmE) the sport of rowing with other people in a boat:
I'm thinking of going out for crew this semester (= joining the rowing team).
verb to be part of a crew, especially on a ship: [VN] Normally the boat is crewed by five people. * [V] I crewed for him on his yacht last summer.
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