crew
part of speech
noun (crew, crews); verb (crew, crews, crewed, crewing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A crew is a group of people who work together, for example on a ship, a plane or a spacecraft. tree →
2) A crew is any team that does a job together, like a film crew or a road crew. tree →
3) To crew is to work as part of the crew of a boat or plane. tree →
4) Crew can also be an old past tense of crow, used for a cock calling out. tree →
sense in the lessons
a group counted in people; crews share work or ride in boats; in everyday life the flight crew look after passengers' safety; in stories pirates and sailors are a ship's crew; in science astronauts are the crew of a spacecraft; phrases: «cabin crew», «crew member», «the captain and crew»
examples
- The ship has a crew of 25. tree →
- Each crew paints 3 houses a week. tree →
- 4 crews work on the road. tree →
- 6 of the crew are cooks. tree →
- The cabin crew showed us how to wear the life jacket. tree →
- The pirate captain shouted at his crew. tree →
- The space station has a crew of 7 astronauts. tree →
- A film crew came to our school to make a video. tree →
- All of a sudden a cock crew. tree →
note
A group: total people = crews × people in each crew. «The crew is» (one group) or «the crew are» (the people, UK). «A crew of 25» means 25 people. The captain is often counted apart from the crew: read carefully.
In the corpora
- Jungle and survival shows have doctors, crews and safety rules behind the camera, even when the people look all alone.
- The stage crew work backstage, often dressed in black so the audience does not notice them.
- Most crews also follow a rule: do not interfere.
- People still argue about the rare times crews have helped.
- On a boat trip, wear a life jacket and stay in the area the crew tells you.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «crew» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.