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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crew \Crew\ (kr[udd]), imp. of {Crow}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crew \Crew\ (kr[udd]), noun (Zo["o]l.) The Manx shearwater.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crew \Crew\ (kr[udd]), noun [From older accrue accession, reenforcement, hence, company, crew; the first syllable being misunderstood as the indefinite article. See {Accrue}, {Crescent}.]
1. A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng.
There a noble crew Of lords and ladies stood on every side. --Spenser.
Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious crew? --Milton.
2. The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.
Note: The word crew, in law, is ordinarily used as equivalent to ship's company, including master and other officers. When the master and other officers are excluded, the context always shows it. --Story. --Burrill.
3. In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.
Syn: Company; band; gang; horde; mob; herd; throng; party.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crow \Crow\ (kr[=o]), verb (used without an object) [imp. {Crew} (kr[udd]) or {Crowed} (kr[=o]d); p. p. {Crowed} ({Crown} (kr[=o]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crowing}.] [AS. cr[=a]wan; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr[aum]hen, cf. Lith. groti to croak. [root]24. Cf. {Crake}.]
1. To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. ''The cock had crown.'' --Bayron.
The morning cock crew loud. --Shak.
2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
3. To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.
The sweetest little maid, That ever crowed for kisses. --Tennyson.
{To crow over}, to exult over a vanquished antagonist.
Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem. --Bp. Hall.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
crew
noun
1: the men who man a ship or aircraft
2: an organized group of workmen [syn: {gang}, {work party}]
3: an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" [syn: {crowd}, {gang}, {bunch}]
4: the team of men manning a racing shell
verb: serve as a crew member on
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "crew": aerial photographer, age group, aggregation, aircrew, aircrewman, assembly, avigator, band, battalion, belly gunner, bevy, body, bombardier, brigade, bunch, cabal, cadre, camarilla, cast, cell, charmed circle, circle, clan, clique, closed circle, cluster, cohort, collection, company, complement, congregation, contingent, corps, coterie, covey, crew chief, crowd, detachment, detail, division, eight, eleven, elite, elite group, employees, faction, first string, first team, five, fleet, flight attendant, flight crew, force, gang, group, grouping, groupment, gunner, help, hired help, hostess, in-group, ingroup, inner circle, junta, junto, machine gunner, men, meteorologist, mob, movement, navigator, nine, out-group, outfit, pack, party, peer group, personnel, phalanx, platoon, posse, regiment, reserves, retinue, ring, rowing crew, salon, second string, second team, servantry, set, squad, stable, staff, steward, stewardess, string, team, the help, third string, tribe, troop, troupe, varsity, we-group, wing
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