crew

Universal Words noun, verb noun 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.