frail

frail has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
• n.. The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
• n.. A rush for weaving baskets.
• superl. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
• superl. Tender.
• superl. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.
• n.. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
• n.. the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
• a.. easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
• a.. wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"
• a.. physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"