Senses of crew found in a selection of dictionaries.
| gloss
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W1913 [1]
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WN [2]
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OED [3]
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RHU [4]
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CC [5]
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DCE [6]
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MW3 [7]
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AH4 [8]
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MQ4 [9]
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| Manx shearwater
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1
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| assembly of people
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1II
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3
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3a
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6
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3 (informal)
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3 (often derogatory)
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2II (temporary)
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1b
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5 (often derogatory)
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| personnel manning ship
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2II
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1 (or vehicle)
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6b
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2a
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1
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1
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2a
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2a
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| group assembled for a purpose
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3II
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2 (workmen)
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5a (workmen)
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1 (working)
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2 (with special skills)
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4aII
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1a
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1
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| team of rowers on a shell
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4
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4
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4
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4cII
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3a (sport)
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| ship's company excepting officers
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(included in 2II)
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2b
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(included in 4aII)
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2b
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2b
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| personnel manning an aircraft
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6c
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3
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(included in 1)
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(included in 1)
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4dII
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2c
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3
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| competitive rowing
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5
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(included in 4cII)
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3b
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| military company
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1 (obsolete)
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| armed group
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2
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7
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1II (archaic)
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| group of animals or things
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3b
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| group classed together
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4 (derogatory)
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3aII
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| technical media production staff
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5b
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| gang of sailors assigned a task
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6a
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2
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| hip-hop group
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(2006 addendum)
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| section of ship's company
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2c
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4bII
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2c
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| group of Scouts
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5II (Rovers)
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4 (Explorers)
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| group of musicians
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5 (informal)
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| group operating a machine
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3cII
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| livestock pen
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1II (dialectal)
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IV (UK dialectal)
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| gloss
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W1913 [1]
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WN [2]
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OED [3]
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RHU [4]
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CC [5]
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DCE [6]
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MW3 [7]
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AH4 [8]
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MQ4 [9]
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| past tense of "crow"
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1III
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1II
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1
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1II (mostly UK)
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| serve as crew on
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1
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1
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8
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4
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1II
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III-trans.
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trans.
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8
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| crow (rooster)
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4
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| gloat
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2, 3 (exult)
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| serve as crew
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10
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(included in 1II?)
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III-intrans.
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intrans.
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6
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| assign to a crew
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(included in 1)
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| assign crew to
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9
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7
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