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1. (,) frail
having delicate health.
2. frail
easily broken or destroyed.
3. frail
morally weak.
4. (n.) frail
a basket made of rushes and used esp. for dried fruits.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME frayel, fraelle < OF frayel, of uncert. orig.)
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1. (noun) frail
the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
2. (adj) frail
a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
3. (adj) frail
physically weak
"an invalid's frail body"
4. (adj) fallible, frail, imperfect, weak
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"
5. (adj) delicate, fragile, frail
easily broken or damaged or destroyed
"a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
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1. (adjective) frail
physically weak
a frail old man
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) frail
a basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins
2. (noun) frail
the quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail
3. (noun) frail
a rush for weaving baskets
4. frail
easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm
5. frail
tender
6. frail
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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Sense: weak, especially in health
a frail old lady.
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 Afrikaans: tingerig |
 Arabic: ضَعيف، واهِن |
 Bulgarian: слаб |
 Brazilian: frágil |
 Czech: slabý, chatrného zdraví |
 German: gebrechlich |
 Danish: svagelig |
 Greek: αδύναμος, ασθενικός |
 Spanish: débil, delicado |
 Estonian: nõrk |
 Farsi: نحیف |
 Finnish: heikko |
 French: frêle |
 Hebrew: חַלָש |
 Hindi: कमजोर |
 Croatian: krhak, slabašan |
 Hungarian: gyenge (egészségű) |
 Indonesian: lemah |
 Icelandic: veikburða |
 Italian: fragile, debole |
 Japanese: 虚弱な |
 Korean: 허약한 |
 Lithuanian: silpnas |
 Latvian: trausls; vārs |
 Malay: lemah |
 Dutch: broos |
 Norwegian: skrøpelig, spinkel, sped( |
 Polish: słaby |
 Persian: نحیف |
 Pashto: نازک، کمزوری |
 Portuguese: frágil |
 Romanian: plăpând |
 Russian: хилый; хрупкий |
 Slovak: slabý |
 Slovenian: šibek |
 Serbian: slabašan |
 Swedish: skör, klen, skröplig |
 Thai: ขี้โรค |
 Turkish: zayıf |
 Taiwanese: 虛弱的 |
 Ukrainian: слабкий, кволий |
 Urdu: کمزور |
 Vietnamese: mảnh khảnh; yếu |
 Chinese: 虚弱的 |
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