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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds;

2. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs);


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. physically weak;
- Example: "an invalid's frail body"

2. wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings;
- Example: "I'm only a fallible human"
- Example: "frail humanity"
[syn: fallible, frail, imperfect, weak]

3. easily broken or damaged or destroyed;
- Example: "a kite too delicate to fly safely"
- Example: "fragile porcelain plates"
- Example: "fragile old bones"
- Example: "a frail craft"
[syn: delicate, fragile, frail]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

frail \frail\, a. [Compar. frailer (fr[=a]l"[~e]r); superl.
   frailest.] [OE. frele, freile, OF. fraile, frele, F.
   fr[^e]le, fr. L. fragilis. See Fragile.]
   1. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to
      fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life;
      weak; infirm.
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            That I may know how frail I am.       --Ps. xxxix.
                                                  4.
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            An old bent man, worn and frail.      --Lowell.
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   2. Tender. [Obs.]
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            Deep indignation and compassion frail. --Spenser.
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   3. 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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            Man is frail, and prone to evil.      --Jer. Taylor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

frail \frail\ (fr[=a]l), n. [OE. fraiel, fraile, OF. fraiel,
   freel, frael, fr. LL. fraellum.]
   A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and
   raisins.
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   2. The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or
      seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
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   3. A rush for weaving baskets. --Johnson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

frail
    adj 1: physically weak; "an invalid's frail body" [ant:
           robust]
    2: 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" [syn: fallible,
       frail, imperfect, weak]
    3: easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate
       to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old
       bones"; "a frail craft" [syn: delicate, fragile, frail]
    n 1: the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs;
         between 50 and 75 pounds
    2: a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)