crutch

[crutch]

A crutch is something you lean on when you’re hurt or weak. It can be a physical crutch you use because you broke your leg, or a friend you depend on a bit too much when you’re having a tough time.

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A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.

Noun
anything that serves as an expedient; "he uses drugs as a psychological crutch"

Noun
a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking


n.
A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.

n.
A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

n.
A knee, or piece of knee timber

n.
A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.

v. t.
To support on crutches; to prop up.


Crutch

Crutch (kr?ch; 224), n.; pl. Crutches (-z). [OE. cruche, AS. crycc, cricc; akin to D. kruk, G. krcke, 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.
I'll lean upon one crutch, and fight with the other.
Rhyme is a crutch that lifts the weak alone.
2. A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider. 3. (Naut.) (a) A knee, or piece of knee timber. (b) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.

Crutch

Crutch, v. t. To support on crutches; to prop up. [R.]
Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse.

A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.

To support on crutches; to prop up.

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Usage Examples

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.

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Other Usage Examples

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.

Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.

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