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# frail

«frail» in Mova's school dictionary: **weak and easily hurt, often because of old age or illness** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (frail, frailer, frailest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Frail means weak and easily hurt, often because of old age or illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frail/#m1)

2) Frail means easily broken, delicate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frail/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and manners lessons, frail older people may need help with doors, shopping and seats on the bus. In stories, a frail character is thin and weak; a frail boat or bridge may break. Phrases: «old and frail», «frail health».

### examples

- My great-grandmother is frail and walks with a stick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frail/#x1)
- He looked frail after his long illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frail/#x2)
- Be gentle with frail people; they can fall easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frail/#x3)
- The frail old bridge wobbled in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frail/#x4)
- Offer your seat to someone frail on the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frail/#x5)
- The baby bird was tiny and frail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frail/#x6)

### note

Comparatives: frailer, frailest. Noun: «frailty». Similar: «weak», «fragile». Opposite: «strong», «sturdy», «robust». Not a number word.

### Trees and pragmatics

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