Frail

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Physically weak; delicate: an invalid's frail body.
  • adj. Not strong or substantial; slight: evidence too frail to stand up in court.
  • adj. Easily broken or destroyed; fragile.
  • adj. Easily led astray; morally weak. See Synonyms at weak.
  • n. A rush basket for holding fruit, especially dried fruit.
  • n. The quantity of fruit, such as raisins or figs, that such a basket can hold.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Easily broken; mentally or physically fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
  • adj. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
  • n. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
  • n. The quantity of raisins contained in a frail.
  • n. A rush for weaving baskets.
  • n. A girl.
  • v. To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
  • n. The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
  • n. A rush for weaving baskets.
  • adj. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
  • adj. Tender.
  • adj. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Easily broken or destroyed: fragile; hence, weak in any way; likely to fail and decay; perishable; infirm in constitution or condition.
  • Specifically, weak in moral principle or resolution; not strong to resist temptation to evil; so weak as to be in danger of falling, or to have fallen, from virtue; of infirm virtue.
  • Weak-minded.
  • Tender in sentiment.
  • Synonyms Fragile, Frail (see fragile); brittle, slight.
  • To make frail.
  • n. A flexible basket made of rushes, and used, especially in commerce, for containing fruits, particularly dried fruits, as dates, figs, or raisins.
  • n. [Here is] a frail of figs, which I send to yourself (in the barrel of raisins).
  • n. A rush used for weaving baskets.
  • n. A certain quantity of raisins, about 75 pounds, contained in a frail.
  • n. A wooden carrier or crate used by glaziers to carry sheets of glass.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. physically weak
  • adj. easily broken or damaged or destroyed
  • n. the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
  • adj. wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
  • n. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
  • Equivalent
    weakly    light-boned    weak    rickety    sapless    decrepit    infirm    debile    feeble    breakable   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    weight    weight unit    basket    handbasket   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fragile    weak    infirm    tender    brittle    slight    delicate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bayle    Braille    Dail    Dale    Gael    Gail    Galle    Gayle    Hale    Jarrell   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fragile    feeble    slender    thin    uncertain    timid    dear    lonely    gaunt    wooden