frail
11frail — ► ADJECTIVE 1) weak and delicate. 2) easily damaged or broken. DERIVATIVES frailly adverb frailness noun. ORIGIN Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis fragile …
12frail — frail1 [frāl] adj. [ME frele < OFr < L fragilis, FRAGILE] 1. easily broken, shattered, damaged, or destroyed; fragile; delicate 2. slender and delicate; not robust; weak 3. easily tempted to do wrong; morally weak SYN. WEAK frailly adv.… …
13frail — I [[t]freɪl[/t]] adj., er, est. 1) having delicate health 2) easily broken or destroyed 3) morally weak • Etymology: 1300–50; ME < OF < L fragilis fragile frail′ly, adv. frail′ness, n. syn: frail, brittle, fragile imply a delicacy or… …
14frail´ly — frail1 «frayl», adjective. 1. slender and not very strong; weak: »a frail and sickly child. These words…seem too soon from a frail memory fallen away (R. Ellis). SYNONYM(S): delicate. 2. easily broken, giving way, damaged, or destroyed: »Be… …
15frail — frail1 frailly, adv. frailness, n. /frayl/, adj., frailer, est. 1. having delicate health; not robust; weak: My grandfather is rather frail now. 2. easily broken or destroyed; fragile. 3. morally weak …
16frail — fragile, frail 1. Fragile is pronounced fraj iyl in BrE and fraj ǝl in AmE. 2. Fragile is normally used of things being easily broken, whereas frail is normally used of people being infirm or in poor physical condition: • The lectern at the… …
17Frail — Infobox Album | Name = Jars Of Clay Type = studio Longtype = (Demo) Artist = Jars Of Clay Released = 1994 Recorded = Greenville College Genre = Pop rock Length = 36:55 Label = Independent Producer = Tim Erwin, Stephen Leiweke, Jars Of Clay… …
18frail */ — UK [freɪl] / US adjective Word forms frail : adjective frail comparative frailer superlative frailest 1) physically weak and not very healthy He is frail, but still manages to walk with a stick. 2) not strong and therefore likely to be damaged or …
19Frail — Dale A. Frail ist ein kanadischer Radioastronom. Frail arbeitet für das National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Socorro, New Mexico. Er erhielt seinen Ph.D. von der University of Toronto 1989. Neben seiner Suche nach planetaren Körpern… …
20frail — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ become, get, grow ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly …
