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Frail

/fɹeɪl/

A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.

📖 Definitions of "Frail"

noun
  1. 1

    A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.

  2. 2

    The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.

  3. 3

    A rush for weaving baskets.

  4. 4

    A girl.

verb
  1. 1

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

adjective
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Weak; infirm.

  3. 3

    Mentally fragile.

  4. 4

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

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