How to pronounce“crutch”in English
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Definitions of “crutch”
A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
“He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg.”
Something or someone that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthy dependency; a prop.
“Alcohol became a crutch to help him through the long nights; eventually it killed him.”
To support on crutches; to prop up.
“[I'll] haſten Og and Doeg to rehearſe, / Tvvo Fools that Crutch their Feeble Senſe on Verſe; / VVho by my Muſe to all ſucceeding times, / Shall live in ſpight of their ovvn Dogrell Rhimes.”
To move on crutches.