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Frail Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Frail? [n] a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs) [n] the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds [adj] easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft" [adj] having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity" [adj] physically weak; "an invalid's frail body" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Frail: breakable \| decrepit \| delicate \| fallible \| feeble \| fragile \| human \| imperfect \| infirm \| sapless \| weak \| weakly Related Terms \| Find terms related to Frail: abulic \| Adamic \| Adamite \| Adamitic \| afraid \| ailing \| airy \| anthropocentric \| anthropological \| attenuate \| attenuated \| backsliding \| boyish \| breakable \| brittle \| brittle as glass \| cachectic \| capricious \| carnal \| changeable \| cheap-jack \| cobwebby \| consumptive \| corruptible \| cowardly \| crackable \| crippled \| crisp \| crispy \| crumbly \| crushable \| dainty \| debilitated \| deciduous \| decrepit \| delicate \| delicately weak \| diaphanous \| diluted \| drained \| dying \| earthy \| effeminate \| enervated \| ephemeral \| erring \| ethereal \| evanescent \| exhausted \| fading \| failing \| faint \| fainthearted \| fallen \| feeble \| feebleminded \| fickle \| fine \| fine-drawn \| finespun \| finite \| fissile \| fleeting \| fleshly \| flimsy \| flitting \| fly-by-night \| flying \| foible \| fracturable \| fragile \| frailty \| frangible \| friable \| fugacious \| fugitive \| gauzy \| gimcrack \| gimcracky \| girlish \| gossamer \| gossamery \| gracile \| healthless \| hominal \| homocentric \| human \| humanistic \| ill \| impermanent \| impetuous \| impulsive \| impure \| in poor health \| inconstant \| infirm \| insubstantial \| invalid \| invertebrate \| jerry \| jerry-built \| lacerable \| lacy \| languishing \| lapsed \| light \| lightweight \| man-centered \| misty \| momentary \| moribund \| mortal \| mutable \| namby-pamby \| nondurable \| nonpermanent \| of easy virtue \| only human \| pale \| papery \| passing \| pasteboardy \| peaked \| peaky \| peccable \| perishable \| petty \| phthisic \| pliable \| poorly \| postlapsarian \| prodigal \| puny \| rare \| rarefied \| recidivist \| recidivistic \| reduced \| reduced in health \| run-down \| scissile \| scrawny \| shatterable \| shattery \| shivery \| short-lived \| sick \| sickly \| sissified \| skinny \| sleazy \| slender \| slenderish \| slight \| slight-made \| slim \| slimmish \| slinky \| small \| spineless \| splintery \| subtle \| svelte \| sylphlike \| tacky \| tellurian \| temporal \| temporary \| tenuous \| thin \| thin-bodied \| thinnish \| thin-set \| thin-spun \| threadlike \| transient \| transitive \| transitory \| unangelic \| unchaste \| unclean \| undurable \| unenduring \| ungodly \| ungood \| unhealthy \| unrighteous \| unsaintly \| unsound \| unstable \| unsubstantial \| unvirtuous \| unwell \| vague \| valetudinarian \| valetudinary \| vice \| virtueless \| volatile \| vulnerable \| wanton \| wasp-waisted \| wasting away \| watered \| watered-down \| watery \| wayward \| weak \| weakened \| weak-kneed \| weakly \| weak-minded \| weak-willed \| willowy \| wiredrawn \| wispy \| with low resistance \| womanish See Also \| basket \| handbasket \| unhealthy \| weight \| weight unit Frail In Webster's Dictionary \Frail\, n. [OE. fraiel, fraile, OF. fraiel, freel, frael, fr. LL. fraellum.] A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins. 2. The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail. 3. A rush for weaving baskets. --Johnson. \Frail\, a. [Compar. {Frailer}; superl. {Frailest}.] [OE. frele, freile, OF. fraile, frele, F. fr[^e]le, fr. L. fragilis. See {Fragile}.] 1. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm. That I may know how frail I am. --Ps. xxxix. 4. An old bent man, worn and frail. --Lowell. 2. Tender. [Obs.] Deep indignation and compassion. --Spenser. 3. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women. Man is frail, and prone to evil. --Jer. Taylor.

Frail Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Frail?

[n] a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
[n] the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
[adj] easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
[adj] having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity"
[adj] physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"

Frail In Webster's Dictionary

\Frail\, n. [OE. fraiel, fraile, OF. fraiel, freel, frael,
fr. LL. fraellum.]
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and
raisins.

2. The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or
   seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.

3. A rush for weaving baskets. --Johnson.


\Frail\, a. [Compar. {Frailer}; superl. {Frailest}.] [OE.
frele, freile, OF. fraile, frele, F. fr[^e]le, fr. L.
fragilis. See {Fragile}.]
1. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to
   fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life;
   weak; infirm.

         That I may know how frail I am.       --Ps. xxxix.
                                               4.

         An old bent man, worn and frail.      --Lowell.

2. Tender. [Obs.]

         Deep indignation and compassion.      --Spenser.

3. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong
   against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; --
   often applied to fallen women.

         Man is frail, and prone to evil.      --Jer. Taylor.

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