crew
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,460 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,953 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
- an organized group of workmen also: gang, work party
- an informal body of friends also: crowd, gang, bunch he still hangs out with the same crowd
- the team of men manning a racing shell
verb
- serve as a crew member on
crew in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Cries the sea-fowl, hovering over, “Crew, the crew?”
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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With the first light the entire crew were at the banks of the river.
The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1
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Alas! she was speedily swamped, and the crew were compelled to swim for their lives.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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The crew captain and the foot-ball captain are almost inevitably taken for Skull and Bones.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Telemachus, the neatherd, and Eumaeus, aiding him, he slaughters all the crew, despite the treachery of Melanthius.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1