Complement and Crew

noun

• A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
• A complete number or quantity.
  • usage: "a full complement"
• Number needed to make up a whole force.
  • usage: "a full complement of workers"
  • synonyms: full complement
• Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.
  • usage: "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
  • synonyms: accompaniment
• One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
• Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.

verb

• Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
  • usage: "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

• (v.t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
• (v.t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
• (v.t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
• (v.t.) To compliment.
• (v.t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
• (v.t.) A compliment.
• (v.t.) Full quantity, number or amount; a complete set; completeness.
• (v.t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
• (v.t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
• (v.t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency or to complete a symmetrical whole.

noun

• The men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.. )
• An organized group of workmen.
  • synonyms: gang, work party
• An informal body of friends.
  • usage: "he still hangs out with the same crowd"
  • synonyms: crowd, gang, bunch
• The team of men manning a racing shell.

verb

• Serve as a crew member on.
• Dwell on with satisfaction.
  • synonyms: gloat, triumph, crow
• Express pleasure verbally.
  • usage: "She crowed with joy"
  • synonyms: crow
• Utter shrill sounds.
  • usage: "The cocks crowed all morning"
  • synonyms: crow

• (imp.) of Crow.
• (n.) In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.
• (n.) A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng.
• (n.) The Manx shearwater.
• (n.) The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.
• imp. of Crow.