frail
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
- Weak; infirm.
- In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.
- Mentally fragile.
- Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
Noun
- A girl.
- A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
- The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
- A rush for weaving baskets.
- Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”).
- Synonym of flail.
Verb
- To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
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