Past tense of crew
regular verb
The past tense of crew is crewed. The past participle is also crewed.
Forms of crew
| Base form (V1) | crew /kɹuː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | crewed /kɹuːd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | crewed /kɹuːd/ |
| Present participle | crewing |
| Third person singular | crews /kɹuːz/ |
Crewed in a sentence
- We crewed together on a fishing boat last year.
- The ship was crewed by fifty sailors.
- A crewed moonshot is an all-or-nothing affair: either they get to the moon and back alive, or they don't.From the entry all-or-nothing
- She is still in commission and crewed by members of the U.S.2012, Ronald Utt, Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy. From the entry rebuild
- I had crewed for him once or twice, cack-handedly.2011, Aidan Chambers, Breaktime & Dance on My Grave, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry cack-handedly
Meaning of crew
- noun Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng.
- noun 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.
- noun A group of people working together on a task.
Questions about the past tense of crew
- What is the past tense of crew?
- The past tense of crew is crewed.
- What is the past participle of crew?
- The past participle of crew is crewed.
- Is crew a regular or irregular verb?
- Crew is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crew (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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