frail
21frail — [[t]fre͟ɪl[/t]] frailer, frailest 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is frail is not very strong or healthy. She lay in bed looking particularly frail. Syn: weak 2) ADJ GRADED Something that is frail is easily broken or damaged. The frail craft rocked as… …
22Frail — Recorded as Frale, Frail, Fraile, Frayle, Freal, Freel, Frestle, and others, this is one of the very first surnames recordings anywhere. It has early, possibly pre 7th century, French origins, but as the majority of French registers and records… …
23frail — adjective 1 someone who is frail is thin and weak, especially because they are old: He was a man of about sixty, frail and bent. 2 not strongly made or built and therefore easily damaged: It seemed impossible that these frail boats could survive… …
24frail — adjective 1) a frail old lady Syn: weak, delicate, feeble, enfeebled, debilitated; infirm, ill, ailing, unwell, sickly, poorly, in poor health See note at weak Ant …
25frail — adjective 1) a frail old lady Syn: weak, delicate, feeble, infirm, ill, unwell, sickly, poorly 2) a frail structure Syn: fragile, easily damaged, delicate …
26frail — a kind of basket, sometimes used as a commercial unit of weight for fruit. Depending on the item, a frail could equal anywhere from 32 to 75 pounds (15 34 kilograms). In the nineteenth century a frail of raisins was often taken to equal 50… …
27frail — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French fraile, from Latin fragilis fragile, from frangere Date: 14th century 1. easily led into evil < frail humanity > 2. easily broken or destroyed ; fragile 3. a. physically weak b …
28frail — 1. adjective /freɪl,freɪɫ/ a) Easily broken; mentally or physically fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm …
29frail — See fragile, brittle, frail …
30frail·ty — /ˈfreılti/ noun, pl ties 1 [noncount] : physical weakness : the quality or state of being frail the old man s frailty the frailty of her voice/health 2 : weakness of character that causes a person to do things that are morally wrong [noncount] He …
