crew
1. crew \'kru:\ chiefly Brit past of CROW 2. crew \-m*n\ n [ME crue, lit., reinforcement, fr. MF creue increase, fr. creist]re to grow archaic 1: a band or force of armed men 2: ASSEMBLAGE 3a: SET, GANG 3b: a company of men working on one job or under one foreman or operating a machine 4a: the whole company belonging to a ship sometimes including the officers and master 4b: the persons who man an aircraft in flight 4c: the body of men manning a racing shell - crew.man n