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Meaning of frail

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

frail

Pronunciation:/fɹeɪl/

noun

Definitions

  1. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.

  2. The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.

  3. A rush for weaving baskets.

  4. A girl.

verb

Definitions

  1. To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish

  2. Weak; infirm.

  3. Mentally fragile.

  4. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.