: to serve as a crew member on (a ship, an aircraft, etc.)
Crewing the vessel were three experienced sailors … Ron Arias
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: to supply (something) with people (as for service)
"… you need to know at least 72 hours beforehand … to fuel and crew the plane, fly the plane over, give the crew enough time to rest," he [Erik Pitkethly] says. Emma Sheppard
Eventually, the production based itself in Stirling and Jankel filmed entirely on location …. The Screen Scotland Screen Commission helped crew the film with a majority Scottish contingent.screendaily.com
Noun a skilled member of a ship's crew the flight's passengers and crew the ship's captain and crew A construction crew will begin work on the house next week. Verb She spent a couple of years crewing on a British ship. The ship was crewed by 12 men. See More
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Noun
Eventually, Detroit has to turn its promise into wins, but don't be surprised if Dan Campbell's crew hangs around the playoff picture into January. Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022 Service members, particularly in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, would be able to fly these unmanned planes longer and further without much crew or setup, and do so even on the most far-flung battlefields, all while gathering high-quality images. Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022 The game will be called by CBS' flagship crew of Jim Nantz and Tony Romo with Tracy Wolfson on the sideline. Joe Harrington, The Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2022 The film centered around a cast and crew trying to film a sequel to an action franchise about flying dinosaurs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022 The idea for a revival began percolating in the cast and crew's brains not long after the long-running show concluded in 2020 after 15 seasons on CBS. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2022 Scott Campbell’s crew, describing the events, Saban appeared to be confused along with social media about what had occurred. Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 12 Sep. 2022 When Hamlin and Jordan expanded 23XI Racing from a single car last year to two, their intent was to create an organization with multiple cars acting in concert, rather than a team where each crew blazed its own trail. Dave Skretta, ajc, 12 Sep. 2022 Zach Reineking’s crew got out onto the course at 2 a.m. Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2022
Verb
The first woman and first person of color to land on the moon will crew the third trip. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville designed the rocket, and the design is primarily to take advantage of remaining space shuttle engines. Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 7 Sep. 2022 The Red Book honours the improvements to terms and conditions, including improvements to the work-life balance, which were offered to crew this summer. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 19 Aug. 2022 That was enough to make many involved in the production understandably unwilling or unable to perform or crew the show. James Freeman, WSJ, 3 May 2022 The Oregonian/OregonLive obtained the information sheet that was distributed to crew working for ESPN in front of the Oregon-WSU game. John Canzano, oregonlive, 15 Nov. 2021 Though the Seawolf-class submarine suffered some injuries to crew members and some damage, the Navy said the nuclear propulsion plant was not damaged in the accident. Oren Liebermann, CNN, 2 Nov. 2021 The producing company for the film, Rust Movie Productions LLC, in a statement called safety of cast and crew its top priority. Katherine Sayre, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2021 There were not enough firefighters to crew the long hoses, so citizens jumped in to help. Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2021 Service on the line is attentive and personal; the generous passenger to crew ratio aboard the new ship will be 1:1.38. Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English crue, from Middle French, reinforcement, literally, increase, from crue, feminine past participle of croistre to grow, from Latin crescere — more at crescent