frail

frail ¹  (frl)

adj. frail·er, frail·est

1. Physically weak; delicate: an invalid's frail body.

2. Not strong or substantial; slight: evidence too frail to stand up in court.

3. Easily broken or destroyed; fragile.

4. Easily led astray; morally weak. See Synonyms at weak.

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[Middle English frele, from Old French, from Latin fragilis, from frangere, frag-, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

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frailly adv.

frailness n.

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frail ²  (frl)

n.

1. A rush basket for holding fruit, especially dried fruit.

2. The quantity of fruit, such as raisins or figs, that such a basket can hold.

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[Middle English fraiel, from Old French.]

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frail

Adjective

1. physically weak and delicate

2. easily damaged: the frail aircraft

3. easily tempted [Old French frele]

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Frail a rush basket, hence, the quantity it could contain, ranging from 30 to 76 Ibs.

Examples: frail of currants, 1836; of figs, 1382; of raisins, 1420; of sprats, 1618.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	frail - the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds weight unit, weight - a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
	2.	frail - a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs) basket, handbasket - a container that is usually woven and has handles
Adj.	1.	frail - physically weak; "an invalid's frail body" delicate - exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly" weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar" robust - sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial"
	2.	frail - 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" fallible, imperfect, weak human - having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty"
	3.	frail - easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft" fragile, delicate breakable - capable of being broken or damaged; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully"

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frail

adjective 1. feeble, weak, puny, decrepit, infirm << OPPOSITE strong

adjective 2. flimsy, weak, vulnerable, delicate, fragile, brittle, unsound, wispy, insubstantial, breakable, frangible, slight

Translations

frail [freɪl] adj (= fragile) → frágil, quebradizo (= weak); delicado

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frail [freɪl] adj → fragile, délicat(e); [person] → frêle

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frail [freɪl] adj → schwach, gebrechlich;

(structure) → zerbrechlich

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frail [freɪl] adj → debole, delicato/a

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frail

adj frail [freil]

weak, especially in health a frail old lady. tingerig ضَعيف، واهِن слаб slabý, chatrného zdraví svagelig gebrechlich αδύναμος, ασθενικός débil, delicado nõrk نحیف heikko frêle חַלָש कमजोर krhak, slabašan gyenge (egészségű) lemah veikburða fragile, debole 虚弱な 약한, 허약한 silpnas trausls; vārs lemah broos skrøpelig, spinkel, sped(lemmet) słaby frágil plăpând хилый; хрупкий slabý šibek slabašan skör, klen, skröplig ขี้โรค zayıf 虛弱的 слабкий, кволий کمزور mảnh khảnh; yếu 虚弱的

n frailty

physical weakness or (a) moral failing She loved him in spite of his frailties. swakhede ضَعْف، وَهَن слабост slabost; chyba svagelighed; svaghed moralische Schwäche αδυναμία, ελάττωμα debilidad nõrkus ضعف heikkous fragilité, faiblesse חוּלשָׁה कमजोरी slabost, mana gyarlóság kelemahan veikleiki; breyskleiki debolezza 虚弱さ 약함, 결점 silpnumas, silpnybė trauslums; vārums; rakstura vājums kelemahan zwakheid skrøpelighet, svakhet słabość fragilidade slăbiciune слабость slabosť šibkost slabost svaghet, brist, fel ความขี้โรค zayıflık 虛弱, 品德上的弱點 кволість کمزوری، عیب sự yếu đuối về thể chất 虚弱, 品德上的弱点