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# fragile

«fragile» in Mova's school dictionary: **easily broken or damaged** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (fragile, more fragile, most fragile)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fragile means easily broken or damaged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fragile/#m1)

2) Fragile can describe a person who is weak, ill or easily upset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fragile/#m2)

3) Something fragile, like peace or nature, can easily be harmed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fragile/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life parcels marked «Fragile» must be handled gently: glass, eggs, china. In science fragile ecosystems such as coral reefs are easily harmed by pollution. In stories a fragile old lady or a fragile butterfly wing. Phrases: fragile glass, handle with care, fragile environment.

### examples

- Be careful, the vase is fragile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fragile/#x1)
- The box said «Fragile — handle with care». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fragile/#x2)
- Eggs are fragile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fragile/#x3)
- A butterfly's wings are very fragile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fragile/#x4)
- Coral reefs are fragile places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fragile/#x5)
- Grandma felt fragile after her illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fragile/#x6)
- The ice on the pond is too fragile to walk on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fragile/#x7)
- The elder brothers carried in baskets two such tiny, fragile dogs that they hardly dared to touch them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fragile/#x8)

### note

Pronounced FRAJ-ile (UK, with «-ile» like «aisle») or FRAJ-ul (US). Opposite: strong, sturdy, tough. Noun: fragility. Safety: thin ice is fragile — never walk on frozen ponds.

### In the corpora

- [Dried tardigrades survive great cold, high pressure and radiation, but they are not immortal, and active tardigrades are quite fragile.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/7/)
- [In a museum you do not touch exhibits unless signs say you can, because they can be old and fragile.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/12/)
- [In a museum or gallery, do not touch exhibits unless signs say you can, because they can be old and fragile.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences/14/)
- [Museum objects can be old and fragile, and touching them can break them forever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fragile» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fragile/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.