mans

Verb

man (third-person singular simple present mans, present participle manning, simple past and past participle manned)

1. (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
   • The ship was manned with a small crew.
2. (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
   • Man the machine guns!
3. (dated, possibly, reflexive) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
   • “To stay open, the senior enlisted leader of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Forward said he needed people to cover security,” Duncan wrote. “Personnel Recovery Task Force (PRTF) Pilots, maintainers and support personnel donned their vests, helmets and M-4 rifles and manned defensive fighting positions.”2021 October 14, Oren Liebermann, “CENTCOM disputes Air Force account of attempted hijacking at Kabul airport during Afghanistan evacuation”, in CNN
4. (obsolete, transitive) To wait on, attend to or escort.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.

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