(kr) noun
1. Naut. a The company of seamen belonging to one ship or boat: sometimes including officers, and legally including both master and officers unless specifically excepted. b The gang of a boatswain, gunner, carpenter, or other petty officer.
2. A body of men organized or detailed for a particular work, as to run a train.
3. A group of students trained to handle a racing shell, consisting of oarsmen and coxswain.
4. A company of people in general; crowd: a motley crew of ne'er–do–wells and loafers.
5. Any band or troop of armed men. See synonyms under CABAL. [<OF creue an increase <croistre grow <L crescere increase]

(kr)
Past tense of CROW.