crew
Other forms: crews; crewed; crewing
A crew is an organized group of workers. A crew might keep a ship sailing smoothly or pave a road smoothly. Either way, crew implies cooperation among workers.
If you're hired as a member of a ship's crew, it will be your job (along with the other crew members), to keep the boat running smoothly, and the passengers happy and well-fed. Crews are usually a group of people who work together on a ship, airplane, or movie — but the word is also a slang term for a group of friends who hang out together — like a crowd or posse.
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an organized group of workerssynonyms: gang, work partytypes:shifta crew of workers who work for a specific period of timedetaila crew of workers selected for a particular taskchain ganga gang of convicts chained togetherground crew, ground-service crewthe crew of technicians and mechanics who service aircraft on the groundroad ganga gang of road workerssection ganga work crew assigned to a section of a railroadstage crewcrew of workers who move scenery or handle properties in a theatrical productionevening shiftworkers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)relaya crew of workers who relieve another crewtype of:
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the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)types:merchant marinethe crew of a merchant vesseltype of:
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the team of rowers manning a racing shell
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the act of rowing as a sport
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serve as a crew member ontype of:manprovide with workers
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an informal body of friends
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