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frail

/fɹeɪl/

noun

Meaning

  • 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.

  • A girl.

verb

Meaning

  • To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.

adjective

Meaning

  • Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish

  • Weak; infirm.

  • Mentally fragile.

  • Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.