Definisjon av frail på Engelsk

WordNet

Noun
frail - a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
frail - the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
Adjective
frail - physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"
		robust rough and crude; "a robust tale"
		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 deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind"
		debile, weakly, decrepit, infirm, sapless, rickety, feeble, weak lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
frail - easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
		delicate, fragile
		breakable capable of being broken or damaged; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully"
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"

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Substantiv
frail - A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
frail - The quantity of raisins contained in a frail.
frail - A rush for weaving baskets.
frail - A girl.
Verb
frail - To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
Adjektiv
frail - Easily broken; mentally or physically fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
frail - Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.