'frail' definitions:
Definition of 'frail'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Physically weak; "an invalid's frail body" [ant: robust]
adjective
Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity" [syn: fallible, frail, imperfect, weak]
adjective
Easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft" [syn: delicate, fragile, frail]
noun
The weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
noun
A basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
Definition of 'frail'
From: GCIDE
- frail \frail\ (fr[=a]l), n. [OE. fraiel, fraile, OF. fraiel, freel, frael, fr. LL. fraellum.] A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A rush for weaving baskets. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'frail'
From: GCIDE
- frail \frail\, a. [Compar. frailer (fr[=a]l"[~e]r); 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. [1913 Webster]
- That I may know how frail I am. --Ps. xxxix. 4. [1913 Webster]
- An old bent man, worn and frail. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Tender. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Deep indignation and compassion frail. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Man is frail, and prone to evil. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'frail'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- thin-set,
- thin-spun,
- thinnish,
- 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,
- weak-kneed,
- weak-minded,
- weak-willed,
- weakened,
- weakly,
- willowy,
- wiredrawn,
- wispy,
- with low resistance,
- womanish