Appendix:Dictionary notes/crew
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Senses of crew found in a selection of dictionaries.
Noun
[edit]| gloss | W1913 [1] | WN [2] | OED [3] | RHU [4] | CC [5] | DCE [6] | MW3 [7] | AH4 [8] | MQ4 [9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manx shearwater | 1 | ||||||||
| assembly of people | 1II | 3 | 3a | 6 | 3 (informal) | 3 (often derogatory) | 2II (temporary) | 1b | 5 (often derogatory) |
| personnel manning ship | 2II | 1 (or vehicle) | 6b | 2a | 1 | 1 | 2a | 2a | |
| group assembled for a purpose | 3II | 2 (workmen) | 5a (workmen) | 1 (working) | 2 (with special skills) | 4aII | 1a | 1 | |
| team of rowers on a shell | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4cII | 3a (sport) | ||||
| ship's company excepting officers | (included in 2II) | 2b | (included in 4aII) | 2b | 2b | ||||
| personnel manning an aircraft | 6c | 3 | (included in 1) | (included in 1) | 4dII | 2c | 3 | ||
| competitive rowing | 5 | (included in 4cII) | 3b | ||||||
| military company | 1 (obsolete) | ||||||||
| armed group | 2 | 7 | 1II (archaic) | ||||||
| group of animals or things | 3b | ||||||||
| group classed together | 4 (derogatory) | 3aII | |||||||
| technical media production staff | 5b | ||||||||
| gang of sailors assigned a task | 6a | 2 | |||||||
| hip-hop group | (2006 addendum) | ||||||||
| section of ship's company | 2c | 4bII | 2c | ||||||
| group of Scouts | 5II (Rovers) | 4 (Explorers) | |||||||
| group of musicians | 5 (informal) | ||||||||
| group operating a machine | 3cII | ||||||||
| livestock pen | 1II (dialectal) | IV (UK dialectal) |
Verb
[edit]| gloss | W1913 [1] | WN [2] | OED [3] | RHU [4] | CC [5] | DCE [6] | MW3 [7] | AH4 [8] | MQ4 [9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past tense of "crow" | 1III | 1II | 1 | 1II (mostly UK) | |||||
| serve as crew on | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1II | III-trans. | trans. | 8 | |
| crow (rooster) | 4 | ||||||||
| gloat | 2, 3 (exult) | ||||||||
| serve as crew | 10 | (included in 1II?) | III-intrans. | intrans. | 6 | ||||
| assign to a crew | (included in 1) | ||||||||
| assign crew to | 9 | 7 |
Notes
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=crew
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=crew
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50053886 (subscription) Those senses not attested after 1500, or seeming clearly not to meet our criteria for inclusion, are ignored here.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crew
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Collins Concise, 5th ed.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 From print edition.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/unabridged?va=crew (subscription)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://www.bartleby.com/61/45/C0744500.html
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/ (subscription)