The meaning of Crew

verb

Talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect.

Usage examples:

You threaten and bluster, but won't carry it through

noun

Loud, aggressive, or indignant talk with little effect.

Usage examples:

Their threats contained a measure of bluster

verb

Talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.

Usage examples:

She boasted about her many conquests

noun

An act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction.

Usage examples:

I said i would win and it wasn't an idle boast

noun

(in squash) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the side walls before hitting the front wall.

Usage examples:

His favourite ploy was a backhand boast pulling beachill to the front right corner and whatever bea…

verb

Say something in a boastful manner.

Usage examples:

He bragged that he was sure of victory

noun

A gambling card game which is a simplified form of poker.

Usage examples:

Games of pontoon, brag, and poker

adjective

Excellent; first-rate.

Usage examples:

That was my brag heifer

noun

The harsh cry of a rook, crow, or similar bird.

Usage examples:

Instead i was met with the harsh caw of a crow, breaking the eerie silence.

verb

Utter a caw.

Usage examples:

Rooks cawed in the dark trees

noun

A commercial business.

Usage examples:

A shipping company

verb

Associate with; keep company with.

Usage examples:

These men which have companied with us all this time

noun

An organization that produces or sells goods or services in order to make a profit

Usage examples:

He owns part of a company that manufactures software for personal computers., it was a long trip an…

noun

A main subdivision of an army in the field, consisting of two or more divisions.

Usage examples:

The 5th army corps

noun

A group of people who work together in a particular activity

Usage examples:

The diplomatic corps in washington includes representatives of most of the countries in the world.,…

noun

A characteristic deep hoarse sound made by a frog or a crow.

Usage examples:

A female frog can pick out a mate's voice from a cacophony of croaks

verb

(of a frog or crow) make a characteristic deep hoarse sound.

Usage examples:

The frogs settled in the shade, croaking happily

verb

(of animals) to make deep sounds such as a frog makes, or as a person might make because of a very dry throat

Usage examples:

[ i ] frogs croaked in the swamp., [ t ] he croaked a greeting, and we realized he could hardly tal…

verb

Shed tears, typically as an expression of distress, pain, or sorrow.

Usage examples:

Don't cry—it'll be all right

noun

A loud inarticulate shout or scream expressing a powerful feeling or emotion.

Usage examples:

A cry of despair

noun

A person employed for wages or salary, especially at non-executive level.

Usage examples:

The company has over 500 employees

noun

A person who is paid to work for someone else

Usage examples:

Some of their employees do not have insurance.

noun

Someone who is paid to work for someone else

Usage examples:

The number of employees in the company has trebled over the past decade., i discussed my complaint …

noun

Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.

Usage examples:

He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion

verb

Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.

Usage examples:

The back door of the bank was forced

noun

A waterfall.

Usage examples:

At the village of west burton, two miles distant, is a fine force

noun

An organized group of criminals.

Usage examples:

A gang of bank robbers

verb

(of a number of people) form a group or gang.

Usage examples:

Three banks ganged together to form a ‘virtual bank’

verb

Go; proceed.

Usage examples:

Gang to your bed, lass

verb

Dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.

Usage examples:

His enemies gloated over his death

noun

An act of gloating.

Usage examples:

I would join her for a good gloat

verb

To feel or show much pleasure because of your own success or good luck, or because of someone else’s misfortune

Usage examples:

You may have won, but don’t gloat about it.

noun

A low, wavering musical sound which is the typical call of many kinds of owl.

Usage examples:

Various yelps, hoots, screams, squawks, and other vocalizations are used by many species of primate…

verb

(of an owl) utter a hoot.

Usage examples:

Owls hooted, the new moon rose

idiom

Form a line

phrasal verb

Arrange a number of people or things in a straight row.

Usage examples:

An officer lined them up and gave them a short speech

phrasal verb

Have someone or something ready or prepared.

Usage examples:

Have you got any work lined up?

noun

A social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment.

Usage examples:

An engagement party

verb

Enjoy oneself at a party or other lively gathering, typically with drinking and music.

Usage examples:

Put on your glad rags and party!

adjective

Divided into parts of different tinctures.

Usage examples:

Party per fess, or, and azure

noun

A body of men summoned by a sheriff to enforce the law.

Usage examples:

Sheriffs' posses were sent from the mainland with arrest warrants, but strang, with the help of his…

noun

A group of people following a person in order to catch him or her

Usage examples:

In a lot of old westerns, the sheriff gathers a posse to chase the bad guy.

verb

(of a person or animal) give a loud, harsh, piercing cry.

Usage examples:

She hit her brother, causing him to screech with pain

noun

A loud, harsh, piercing cry.

Usage examples:

Mary tried to drown her screeches by shaking her

verb

Move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.

Usage examples:

A team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house

noun

A slight change in position, direction, or tendency.

Usage examples:

A shift in public opinion

verb

Move very slightly

idiom

Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

phrasal verb

Display someone or something that is a source of pride.

Usage examples:

Her jeans were tight-fitting, showing off her compact figure

phrasal verb

Boastfully display one's abilities or accomplishments.

Usage examples:

He was showing off, trying to make a really big impression

noun

A small group of people having a particular task.

Usage examples:

An assassination squad

verb

(of a bird) make a loud, harsh noise.

Usage examples:

The geese flew upriver, squawking

noun

A loud, harsh, or discordant noise made by a bird or a person.

Usage examples:

With a startled squawk the rook flew off

verb

To make a loud, unpleasant cry

Usage examples:

Sea gulls squawked overhead., employers have begun to squawk because of rising health insurance cos…

noun

All the people employed by a particular organization.

Usage examples:

A staff of 600

verb

Another term for stave (sense 2).

noun

A mixture of plaster of paris, cement, or a similar material, used for temporary building work.

Usage examples:

Staff may easily be bent, sawed, bored, or nailed.

verb

Walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way.

Usage examples:

He swaggered along the corridor

noun

A very confident and arrogant or self-important gait or manner.

Usage examples:

They strolled around the camp with an exaggerated swagger

adjective

Denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders.

verb

Display one's wealth, knowledge, or achievements in a way that is intended to impress others.

Usage examples:

He was swanking about, playing the dashing young master spy

noun

Behaviour, talk, or display intended to impress others.

Usage examples:

A little money will buy you a good deal of swank

adjective

Stylishly luxurious and expensive.

Usage examples:

They were photographed coming out of some swank nightclub

noun

A group of players forming one side in a competitive game or sport.

Usage examples:

The village cricket team

verb

Come together as a team to achieve a common goal.

Usage examples:

He teamed up with the band to produce the disc

noun

A number of people who act together as a group, either in a sport or in order to achieve something

Usage examples:

A baseball/basketball/football team, the legal/medical team, my favorite team is the new york giant…

noun

A brass musical instrument with a flared bell and a bright, penetrating tone. the modern instrument has the tubing looped to form a straight-sided coil, with three valves.

Usage examples:

Nor is it all normal trumpets: this cd boasts piccolo trumpets, bass trumpets, cornets and flugelho…

verb

Play a trumpet.

Usage examples:

A jazz band trumpeted on the stage behind, and the kids danced until dark

noun

A brass musical instrument that plays high notes, with keys that are pressed to vary the notes and played by blowing into it, or this type of instrument generally; a horn

Usage examples:

We heard the elephants trumpeting in the distance., he’s been trumpeting political reform for years…

noun

An individual thing or person regarded as single and complete but which can also form an individual component of a larger or more complex whole.

Usage examples:

Large areas of land made up of smaller units

A single undivided whole

noun

A person who does a specified type of work or who works in a specified way.

Usage examples:

A farm worker

phrase

Members of the working class (= a social group that consists of people who own little or no property and who have to work, usually doing physical work, to get money)

Usage examples:

He preached to anyone who would listen that the workers of the world were being abused by the wealt…