crutch

crutch

 (krŭch)

n.

1. A support used by an injured or disabled person, often in pairs, as an aid to walking, having a vertical shaft that is sometimes forked, a horizontal grip for the hand, and a crosspiece that is positioned under the armpit or a cuff that wraps around the forearm.

2. Something on which one depends, often excessively: a mnemonic crutch.

3. A forked support or part.

4. A forked leg rest on a sidesaddle.

5. Archaic The crotch of a person or animal.

v. crutched, crutch·ing, crutch·es

v.intr.

To move using a crutch or crutches.

v.tr.

To support on a crutch or crutches.

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[Middle English crucche, from Old English crycc.]

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crutch

(krʌtʃ)

n

1. a long staff of wood or metal having a rest for the armpit, for supporting the weight of the body

2. something that supports or sustains: a crutch to the economy.

3. (Anatomy) Brit another word for crotch¹

4. (Nautical Terms) nautical

a. a forked support for a boom or oar, etc

b. a brace for reinforcing the frames at the stern of a wooden vessel

vb

5. (tr) to support or sustain (a person or thing) as with a crutch

6. (Agriculture) slang Austral and NZ to clip (wool) from the hindquarters of a sheep

[Old English crycc; related to Old High German krucka, Old Norse krykkja; see crosier, crook]

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crutch

(krʌtʃ)

n.

1. a staff or support to assist a lame or infirm person in walking, usu. having a crosspiece at one end to fit under the armpit.

2. anything that serves as a temporary support.

3. crotch (def. 1).

4. a forked support.

5. a forked support for the legs on the left side of a sidesaddle.

v.t.

6. to support on or as if on crutches.

[before 900; Middle English crucche, Old English cryce (oblique crycce), c. Old Saxon krukka, Old High German chruch(j)a, Old Norse krykkja. compare crook¹]

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crutch

Past participle: crutched
Gerund: crutching

Imperative

crutch

crutch

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crutch - a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking staff - a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"
	2.	crutch - anything that serves as an expedient; "he uses drugs as a psychological crutch" expedient - a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one

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crutch

noun

A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure:

brace, buttress, prop, shore, stay, support, underpinning.

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Translations

عُكَّاز

berlaberle

krykke

KrückeStütze

πατερίτσα

muleta

kainalosauvatuki

béquille

štaka

mankó

hækja

grucciainforcaturastampella

松葉杖

목발

kruķis

kruk

krykke

kula

muleta

костыль

barlarozkrok

bergla

krycka

ไม้เท้าใช้พยุง

koltuk değneği

nạng

T字形拐杖拐杖

crutch

[krʌtʃ] N

1. (Med) → muleta f (fig) (= support) → apoyo m

2. = crotch 1

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

crutch

[ˈkrʌtʃ] n

(lit) (for walking) → béquille f
to be on crutches → être sur des béquilles

(fig) (psychological, emotional) → soutien m
an emotional crutch → un soutien émotionnel

(= crotch) [garment] → entre-jambes m inv, entrejambe m; [person] → entrecuisse m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

crutch

n

(for walking) → Krücke f; to use somebody/something as a crutch (fig) → sich an jdn/etw klammern

(Naut) → Baumstütze f, → Baumschere f

= crotch

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

crutch

[krʌtʃ] n

a. (Med) → stampella, gruccia; (support) → sostegno

b. = crotch b

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

crutch²

(kratʃ) noun

a stick with a bar at the top to support a lame person. He can walk only by using crutches. kruk, dwarsstuk патерица muleta چوب زیر بغل kainalosauva קב सहारा štaka kruk gruccia, stampella 목발 topang ketiak kruk د تخرګ لاندی لرګی cârjă štaka ไม้เท้า 拐杖 милиця, костур بيساكهى nạng 拐杖

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

crutch

→ عُكَّاز berla krykke Krücke πατερίτσα muleta kainalosauva béquille štaka gruccia 松葉杖 목발 kruk krykke kula muleta костыль krycka ไม้เท้าใช้พยุง koltuk değneği nạng T字形拐杖

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

crutch

n muleta

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