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]