crew vs intimate

crew

noun
  • A close group of friends. 

  • The sport of competitive rowing. 

  • A rowing team manning a single shell. 

  • A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs 

  • 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. 

  • A group of Rovers. 

  • A member of the crew of a vessel or plant. 

  • The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast. 

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

  • A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker. 

  • A hip-hop or b-boying group. 

  • The Manx shearwater. 

  • A group of people working together on a task. 

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

verb
  • To do the proper work of a sailor 

  • To supply workers or sailors for a crew 

  • To be a member of a work or production crew 

  • To take on, recruit (new) crew 

  • To be a member of a vessel's crew 

intimate

noun
  • A very close friend. 

  • Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store. 

adj
  • Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know. 

  • Closely acquainted; familiar. 

  • Very finely mixed. 

  • Of or involved in a sexual relationship. 

  • Personal; private. 

verb
  • To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly. 

  • To notify. 

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