Of a substance: easily broken up or dispersed; lacking cohesion or density.

Loose in texture, not compact. Cf. solute, adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.

Of soil: crumbly, friable.

Of earth or (later) an item of food, esp. cheese: crumbly, friable.

Crumbling; friable; (of a fire) smouldering. Also figurative.

Of soil: Loose, friable, and free from stones or grit.

Of the soil or ground: not hardened with frost; loose, permeable. Obsolete.

Of soil: loose, crumbling, friable. Obsolete.

Too light, excessively light; too insubstantial or frivolous; too easy.

Of rock, stone or soil: Apt to break in pieces or crumble, friable.

= well-broken, adj.