frail
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1. frail - Noun
2. frail - Adjective
3. frail - Verb
5. frail - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
Tender.
Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.
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a kite too delicate to fly safely
fragile porcelain plates
fragile old bones
a frail craft
I'm only a fallible human
frail humanity