Clique vs. Crew

Cliquenoun

A small, exclusive group of individuals; a cabal.

‘This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.’;

Crewnoun

A group of people together

Cliquenoun

(graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.

‘The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.’;

Crewnoun

(obsolete) Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng.

Cliquenoun

(Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.

Crewnoun

A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.

‘If you need help, please contact a member of the crew.’; ‘The crews of the two ships got into a fight.’;

Cliqueverb

(intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.

Crewnoun

A group of people working together on a task.

‘The crews competed to cut the most timber.’;

Cliquenoun

A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; - generally used in a bad sense.

Crewnoun

(arts) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.

‘There are a lot of carpenters in the crew!’; ‘The crews for different movies would all come down to the bar at night.’;

Cliqueverb

To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; - used with together.

Crewnoun

A close group of friends.

‘I'd look out for that whole crew down at Jack's.’;

Cliquenoun

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

Crewnoun

A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker.

Cliquenoun

a small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them

‘the old-school clique’; ‘his flat became a haven for a clique of young men of similar tastes’;

Crewnoun

(Scouting) A group of Rovers.

Clique

A clique (AusE, CanE, UK: or US: ), in the social sciences, is a group of individuals who interact with one another and share similar interests. Interacting with cliques is part of normative social development regardless of gender, ethnicity or popularity.

Crewnoun

A hip-hop group

Crewnoun

(rowing) A rowing team manning a single shell.

Crewnoun

A person in a crew

Crewnoun

(plural: crew) A member of the crew of a vessel or plant.

‘One crew died in the accident.’;

Crewnoun

A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast.

‘There were three actors and six crew on the set.’;

Crewnoun

A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.

‘The officers and crew assembled on the deck.’; ‘There are quarters for three officers and five crew.’;

Crewnoun

The sport of competitive rowing.

Crewnoun

A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs

Crewverb

To be a member of a vessel's crew

‘We crewed together on a fishing boat last year.’; ‘The ship was crewed by fifty sailors.’;

Crewverb

To be a member of a work or production crew

‘The film was crewed and directed by students.’;

Crewverb

To supply workers or sailors for a crew

Crewverb

(nautical) To do the proper work of a sailor

‘The crewing of the vessel before the crash was deficient.’;

Crewverb

(nautical) To take on, recruit (new) crew

Crewnoun

The Manx shearwater.

Crewnoun

A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng.

‘There a noble crewOf lords and ladies stood on every side.’; ‘Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious crew?’;

Crewnoun

The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.

Crewnoun

In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.

Crew

imp. of Crow

Crewnoun

the men who man a ship or aircraft

Crewnoun

an organized group of workmen

Crewnoun

an informal body of friends;

‘he still hangs out with the same crowd’;

Crewnoun

the team of men manning a racing shell

Crewverb

serve as a crew member on

Crew

A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard.