Frail

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  • noun. A rush basket for holding fruit, especially dried fruit.
  • noun. The quantity of fruit, such as raisins or figs, that such a basket can hold.
  • adjective. Physically weak or delicate: synonym: weak.
  • adjective. Easily broken or destroyed; fragile.
  • adjective. Not strong or substantial; slight.
  • adjective. Easily led astray; morally weak.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A wooden carrier or crate used by glaziers to carry sheets of glass.
  • To make frail.
  • 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.
  • noun. A flexible basket made of rushes, and used, especially in commerce, for containing fruits, particularly dried fruits, as dates, figs, or raisins.
  • noun. [Here is] a frail of figs, which I send to yourself (in the barrel of raisins).
  • noun. A rush used for weaving baskets.
  • noun. A certain quantity of raisins, about 75 pounds, contained in a frail.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
  • noun. The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
  • noun. A rush for weaving baskets.
  • adjective. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
  • adjective. Tender.
  • adjective. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Easily broken; mentally or physically fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
  • adjective. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
  • noun. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
  • noun. The quantity of raisins contained in a frail.
  • noun. A rush for weaving baskets.
  • noun. A girl.
  • verb. To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. physically weak
  • adjective. easily broken or damaged or destroyed
  • noun. the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
  • adjective. wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
  • noun. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
  • Word Usage
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    Bayle  Braille  Dail  Dale  Gael  
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    dear  feeble  fragile  gaunt  lonely  
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    Adamic  Adamite  Adamitic  abulic  afraid