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English

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
  2. : He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg.
  3. Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
  4. : Alcohol became a crutch to help him through the long nights; eventually it killed him.


Translations

fa:crutch io:crutch it:crutch hu:crutch ta:crutch te:crutch vi:crutch zh:crutch

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Crutch \Crutch\, v. t.
To support on crutches; to prop up. [R.]
[1913 Webster]

Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse.
--Dryden.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Crutch \Crutch\ (kr[u^]ch; 224), n.; pl. Crutches (-[e^]z).
[OE. crucche, AS. crycc, cricc; akin to D. kruk, G.
kr["u]cke, Dan. krykke, Sw. krycka, and to E. crook. See
Crook, and cf. Cricket a low stool.]
1. A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under
the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in
walking.
[1913 Webster]

I'll lean upon one crutch, and fight with the other.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Rhyme is a crutch that lifts the weak alone. --H.
Smith.
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2. A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a
forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
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3. (Naut.)
(a) A knee, or piece of knee timber.
(b) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Crotch \Crotch\ (kr[o^]ch; 224), n.; pl. Crotches
(kr[o^]ch"[e^]z). [Cf. Crotchet, Crutch.]
1. The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a
fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a
tree. more specifically, the space on the human torso
between the two legs; also, the corresponding part between
the legs of a pair of pants, which is in contact with the
crotch of the wearer; as, pants with a tight crotch have
become very popular.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

2. (Naut.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms
for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also
crane and crutch. --Totten.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Billiards) In the three-ball carom game, a small space at
each corner of the table. See Crotched, below.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet crutch
n 1: a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and
reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while
walking
2: anything that serves as an expedient; "he uses drugs as a
psychological crutch"
Moby Dictionary
Malacca cane , V , advocate , alpenstock , arm , athletic supporter ,
back , backbone , backing , bandeau , baton , bearer , bra , brace ,
bracer , bracket , branch , brassiere , buttress , cane , carrier ,
cervix , corset , crook , crosier , cross , cross-staff , crotch ,
crutch-stick , delta , fan , fork , foundation garment , fulcrum ,
furcula , furculum , girdle , groin , guy , guywire , handstaff , inguen ,
jock , jockstrap , lituus , mainstay , maintainer , mast , neck ,
offshoot , pastoral staff , paterissa , prong , prop , quarterstaff ,
ramification , reinforce , reinforcement , reinforcer , rest ,
resting place , rigging , shillelagh , shoulder , shroud , spine , sprit ,
staff , standing rigging , stave , stay , stem , stick , stiffener ,
strengthener , support , supporter , sustainer , swagger stick ,
swanking stick , trident , upholder , walking stick , wishbone


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