crewing
- 1Present participle and gerund of crew.
She earned extra money crewing aboard delivery yachts each winter.
Crewing on the film set taught him how a production really runs.
Note
Built on the staffing verb, not on its archaic double. The old British past tense of crow was also crew (the cock crew), but a past tense has no -ing form, so this one always concerns ships and work crews. It runs both ways: crewing a yacht takes a direct object, while crewing on or aboard one does not. As a gerund it names the job itself, as in crewing on a film set.
They spent the summer crewing a racing yacht across the Atlantic.
The agency is crewing the new ferry with local sailors.
crewing is a form of crew
crew, verb: To work as a member of a crew, especially on a boat or ship, or on a film or show. Full entry
- Spelling
- crew → crewing: add -ing
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