frail
adjective
1. physically weak
- an invalid's frail body
Similar word(s): delicate, debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly, weak
2. wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- frail humanity
Similar word(s): human, fallible, imperfect, weak
3. easily broken or damaged or destroyed
- a frail craft
noun
1. the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
Definition categories: quantity, weight
2. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
Definition categories: man–made, basket, handbasket
verb
1. To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.