frail
adj.
fragile; flimsy; weak, slight, thin; feeble, infirm; weak natured
Frail
frail
Noun
1. the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
(hypernym) weight unit, weight
2. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
(hypernym) basket, handbasket
Adjective
1. physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"
(antonym) robust
(similar) decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, sapless, weak, weakly
(see-also) delicate
2. having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity"
(synonym) fallible, imperfect, weak
(similar) human
3. easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
(synonym) delicate, fragile
(similar) breakable
Frail
(superl)
Tender.
(superl)
Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.
(superl)
Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
(n.)
The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
(n.)
A rush for weaving baskets.
(n.)
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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