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Word: Crew
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Old French creue ‘augmentation, increase’, feminine past participle of croistre ‘grow’, from Latin crescere. The original sense was ‘band of soldiers serving as reinforcements’; hence it came to denote any organized armed band or, generally, a company of people (late 16th century)
kruː
a group of people who work on and operate a ship, aircraft, etc.
Short Definition:people working on ship, aircraft, etc.
Examples:- he was one of nine members of the crew killed when the plane went down
a group of people who work closely together
Short Definition:group working together
Examples:- a film crew
Word: Crew
Speech Type: Verb
kruː
provide (a craft or vehicle) with a group of people to operate it
Short Definition:provide with crew
Examples:- normally the boat is crewed by five people
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