Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to crutch
Participle: crutched
Gerund: crutching
Indicative
Present
| I | crutch |
| you | crutch |
| he;she;it | crutches |
| we | crutch |
| you | crutch |
| they | crutch |
Perfect
| I | have crutched |
| you | have crutched |
| he;she;it | has crutched |
| we | have crutched |
| you | have crutched |
| they | have crutched |
Past
| I | crutched |
| you | crutched |
| he;she;it | crutched |
| we | crutched |
| you | crutched |
| they | crutched |
Pluperfect
| I | had crutched |
| you | had crutched |
| he;she;it | had crutched |
| we | had crutched |
| you | had crutched |
| they | had crutched |
Future
| I | will crutch |
| you | will crutch |
| he;she;it | will crutch |
| we | will crutch |
| you | will crutch |
| they | will crutch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have crutched |
| you | will have crutched |
| he;she;it | will have crutched |
| we | will have crutched |
| you | will have crutched |
| they | will have crutched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | crutch |
| you | crutch |
| he;she;it | crutch |
| we | crutch |
| you | crutch |
| they | crutch |
Perfect
| I | have crutched |
| you | have crutched |
| he;she;it | have crutched |
| we | have crutched |
| you | have crutched |
| they | have crutched |
Imperfect
| I | crutched |
| you | crutched |
| he;she;it | crutched |
| we | crutched |
| you | crutched |
| they | crutched |
Pluperfect
| I | had crutched |
| you | had crutched |
| he;she;it | had crutched |
| we | had crutched |
| you | had crutched |
| they | had crutched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would crutch |
| you | would crutch |
| he;she;it | would crutch |
| we | would crutch |
| you | would crutch |
| they | would crutch |
Perfect
| I | would have crutched |
| you | would have crutched |
| he;she;it | would have crutched |
| we | would have crutched |
| you | would have crutched |
| they | would have crutched |
Imperative
| you | crutch |
| we | Let's crutch |
| you | crutch |
Verbs conjugated like 'crutch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'crutch'
clutch,
cratch,
crotch,
crunch,
grutch,
brunch,
catch,
church,
clatch,
clitch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English crucche, from Old English cryċċ (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-West Germanic *krukkju, from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“wrinkle, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend”).
2. Cognate with Scots curche, crutch (“crutch, stilts”), Dutch kruk (“crutch”), Low German krukke, Krück (“crutch”), German Krücke (“crutch”), Swedish krycka (“crutch”). Latin crucia, crucca, croccia, crocia (“crutch”), and its descendants are ultimately from the Germanic. See: Swedish '
krycka'.
Sample Sentences
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[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. [1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 13:]
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After learning how to crutch at 13, he could dag 400 sheep in a day by the spring of 1965 and earned himself more than just a bit of pocket money. [2010 January 29, Emma Partridge, “Richie Foster a cut above the rest”, in Stock Journal:]