crutch
Speech parts
1. crutch - Noun
2. crutch - Verb
Meaning
A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.
A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
A knee, or piece of knee timber
A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.
To support on crutches; to prop up.
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When you're together with someone for some time, you will automatically depend on them as if they were a crutch. And then it ends.
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people.
Literature is a good staff but a bad crutch.
The crutch of time does more than the club of Hercules.