crew

  • 21crew|el — «KROO uhl», noun. 1. a loosely twisted, woolen yarn, used for embroidery. 2. embroidery done with this yarn. ╂[origin uncertain] …

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  • 22Crew — For other uses, see Crew (disambiguation). Crew of a spacecraft. A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or …

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  • 23crew — 01. The work [crew] finished up around 6:00 02. The entire [crew] of the Challenger was killed when the space shuttle exploded shortly after take off. 03. My cousin is working as a [crew] member on a cruise ship sailing around the Caribbean. 04.… …

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  • 24crew — n. group working together 1) a ground; gun; road; skeleton; stage; tank; work; wrecking crew ship s personnel 2) a ship s crew 3) a crew mutinies 4) in a crew rowing team 5) a varsity crew 6) to go out for crew misc. 7) a motley crew ( a… …

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  • 25crew — crew1 W3S3 [kru:] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: crew additional soldiers, reinforcements (15 16 centuries), from Old French creue increase , from creistre; CRESCENT] 1.) all the people who work on a ship or plane ▪ The plane crashed, killing two of …

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  • 26crew — [[t]kru͟ː[/t]] ♦♦♦ crews, crewing, crewed 1) N COUNT COLL The crew of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft is the people who work on and operate it. The mission for the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour is essentially over... Despite their size …

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  • 27crew — I UK [kruː] / US [kru] noun Word forms crew : singular crew plural crews *** 1) a) [countable] the people who work on a ship, aircraft etc: can be followed by a singular or plural verb The jet crashed soon after takeoff, killing all the… …

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  • 28crew — 1 /kru:/ noun 1 (C) all the people working on a ship, plane etc: These planes carry over 300 passengers and crew. 2 (C) all the people working on a ship, plane etc except the most important officers: How many crew does he need to sail his yacht?… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29Crew — Besatzung; Mannschaft * * * Crew [kru:], die; , s: Gruppe von Personen, die zusammen eine bestimmte Aufgabe erfüllen (z. B. auf Schiffen, in Flugzeugen, im Sport): die Crew geht immer zuletzt von Bord. Syn.: ↑ Besatzung, ↑ Kollektiv, ↑ Mannschaft …

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  • 30crew — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ experienced ▪ inexperienced, novice ▪ emergency, skeleton ▪ During the holiday period, there remains only a skeleton crew of about 20 workers …

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