noun
plural crews
[count] the group of people who operate a ship, airplane, or train
the people who work on a ship except the officers and captain
[count] :a group of people who do a specified kind of work together
[singular] informal :a group of people who are friends or who are doing something together
[count] :a team that rows a boat in a race against other boats
[noncount] US :the sport of racing in long, narrow boats that are moved by rowing with oars :rowing
verb
crews; crewed; crewing
to work as a member of a crew that operates a ship or airplane [no obj]