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crew
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: kroo?, IPA(key): /k?u?/
- Rhymes: -u?
- Homophones: crewe, Crewe, cru
Etymology 1
From Middle English crue, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”).
Noun
crew (plural crews)
- A group of people together
- (obsolete) Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng.
- A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.
- A group of people working together on a task.
- (art) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.
- (informal, often derogatory) A close group of friends.
- (often derogatory) A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker.
- 1861 William Weston Patton, (version of) John Brown's Body
- He captured Harper’s Ferry, with his nineteen men so few,
- And frightened "Old Virginny" till she trembled thru and thru;
- They hung him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew,
- But his soul is marching on.
- 1861 William Weston Patton, (version of) John Brown's Body
- (Scouting) A group of Rovers.
- (slang, hip-hop) A hip-hop group
- (rowing) A rowing team manning a single shell.
- (obsolete) Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng.
- A person in a crew
- (plural: crew) A member of the crew of a vessel or plant.
- (art, plural: crew) A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast.
- (nautical, plural: crew) A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.
- (plural: crew) A member of the crew of a vessel or plant.
- (sports, rowing, US, uncountable) The sport of competitive rowing.
- 1973, University of Virginia Undergraduate Record
- The University of Virginia belongs to the Atlantic Coast Conference and competes interscholastically in basketball, baseball, crew, cross country, fencing, football, golf, indoor track, lacrosse, polo, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, and wrestling.
- 1973, University of Virginia Undergraduate Record
Synonyms
- (group manning a vessel): ship's company, all hands, complement
- (group engaged in a task): team, gang
- (non-cast dramatic personnel): staff, stagehands
- (social group): clique, gang, pack, crowd, bunch, lot (UK); posse
- (group lumped together): crowd, flock, lot, gang
- (hip-hop group): posse, band, group
- (member of a crew): crewer, member, crewmember; nautical only: sailor, seaman
- (non-officer ship worker): seaman
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
crew (third-person singular simple present crews, present participle crewing, simple past and past participle crewed)
- (transitive and intransitive) To be a member of a vessel's crew
- To be a member of a work or production crew
- To supply workers or sailors for a crew
- (nautical) To do the proper work of a sailor
- (nautical) To take on, recruit (new) crew
Derived terms
- crewer
- uncrewed
- crew up
Translations
Etymology 2
Verb
crew
- (Britain, archaic) simple past tense of crow (“make the characteristic sound of a rooster”).
- It was still dark when the cock crew.
Etymology 3
Probably of Brythonic origin.
Noun
crew (plural crews)
- (Britain, dialectal) A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs
Derived terms
- crewyard
Etymology 4
Noun
crew (plural crews)
- The Manx shearwater.
Gallery
See also
- Appendix:Dictionary notes/crew
- Crew on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spanish
Noun
crew m (plural crews)
- crew
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relay
English
Etymology 1
From Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh”); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind”), from re- + laier (“to leave”), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA(key): /??i?le?/
- (verb) IPA(key): /?i?le?/, /??i?le?/
- Rhymes: -i?le?
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
relay (plural relays)
- (hunting, rare) A new set of hounds. [from 15th c.]
- (now chiefly historical) A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired. [from 17th c.]
- (by extension) A new set of anything.
- A series of vehicles travelling in sequence. [from 18th c.]
- (athletics) A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. Most common events are 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter competitions. [from 19th c.]
- (electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current. [from 19th c.]
Derived terms
- relay race
Translations
Verb
relay (third-person singular simple present relays, present participle relaying, simple past and past participle relayed)
- (obsolete, intransitive, hunting) To release a new set of hounds. [15th-17th c.]
- (transitive, now rare) To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another. [from 18th c.]
- (intransitive, now rare) To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses. [from 19th c.]
- (transitive) To pass on or transfer (information). [from 19th c.]
Synonyms
- (to relay a message): convey
Translations
Etymology 2
re- +? lay
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??i??le?/
- (US) IPA(key): /??i?le?/
- Rhymes: -i?le?
- Homophone: re-lay
Verb
relay (third-person singular simple present relays, present participle relaying, simple past and past participle relaid)
- Alternative spelling of re-lay
Anagrams
- Arely, Arley, Early, Layer, Leary, Raley, Rayle, early, layer, leary
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