crutch
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/kɹʌtʃ/
English
Definitions
noun
- 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 that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop“Alcohol became a crutch to help him through the long nights; eventually it killed him.”
- A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.
- A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
verb
- To support on crutches; to prop up.
- To move on crutches.
- To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag.
- To stir with a crutch (in soap making)