Antonyms for crew
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kroo |
| Phonetic Transcription : kru |
Definition of crew
Origin :- mid-15c., "group of soldiers," from Middle French crue (Old French creue) "an increase, recruit, military reinforcement," from fem. past participle of creistre "grow," from Latin crescere "arise, grow" (see crescent). Meaning "people acting or working together" is first attested 1560s. "Gang of men on a warship" is from 1690s. Crew-cut first attested 1938, so called because the style originally was adopted by boat crews at Harvard and Yale.
- noun group working together
- It required all the captain's seamanship, and the efforts of all the crew, to withstand it.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- It sent him off in a rage, with all his crew of dissolute followers.
- Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
- I'm sorry for you an' the crew,' says he, 'an' I wisht I hadn't took the berth.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- The mate with one of the crew came ashore in the boat for help and a doctor.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- Others of the crew had scrambled to their feet and ran to help those at the sweeps.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- The press-gang was soon on board us, and its officer asked to have the crew mustered.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The assembling of the crew of a merchantman, in that day, was a melancholy sight.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Our crew was neither better nor worse than that of other ships.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- As for the canteens, we had to empty them, after treating the crew of the boat that was sent to take us off.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- He then gave us a glass of grog all round, and made his own crew splice the main-brace.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
Synonyms for crew
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