- 1[countable] all the people working on a ship, plane, etc. None of the passengers and crew were injured. crew members a change of crew in Frankfurt see aircrew, cabin crew, flight crew
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- 2[countable] all the people working on a ship, plane, etc. except the officers who are in charge the officers and crew
- 3[countable] a group of people with special skills working together a film/camera crew an ambulance crew see ground crew
- 4[singular] (usually disapproving) a group of people The people she invited were a pretty motley crew (= a strange mix of types of people).
- 5[countable] a team of people who row boats in races a member of the German crew
- 6[uncountable] the sport of rowing with other people in a boat I'm thinking of going out for crew this semester (= joining the rowing team).
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