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Flaw

Flaw Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Flaw? [n] defect or weakness in a peron's character; "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless" [n] an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" [v] add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective Synonyms \| Synonyms for Flaw: blemish \| defect \| fault Related Terms \| Find terms related to Flaw: aberrancy \| aberration \| abysm \| abyss \| arroyo \| bad habit \| besetting sin \| birthmark \| black mark \| blackhead \| blast \| bleb \| blemish \| blister \| blot \| blow \| box canyon \| breach \| break \| bug \| bulla \| canyon \| catch \| cavity \| chap \| chasm \| check \| chimney \| chink \| chip \| cicatrix \| cicatrize \| cleavage \| cleft \| cleuch \| clough \| col \| comedo \| coulee \| couloir \| crack \| cranny \| crater \| craze \| crevasse \| crevice \| cut \| cwm \| damage \| deface \| defacement \| defect \| defection \| defectiveness \| deficiency \| defile \| deform \| deformation \| deformity \| dell \| delusion \| deviancy \| dike \| discredit \| disfiguration \| disfigure \| disfigurement \| distort \| distortion \| ditch \| donga \| draw \| drawback \| errancy \| erroneousness \| error \| excavation \| failing \| failure \| fallaciousness \| fallacy \| falseness \| falsity \| fault \| faultiness \| faute \| fissure \| flawedness \| flume \| flurry \| foible \| fracture \| frailty \| freckle \| furrow \| gap \| gape \| gash \| gorge \| groove \| gulch \| gulf \| gully \| gust \| hamartia \| harm \| hemangioma \| heresy \| heterodoxy \| hickey \| hole \| hurt \| illusion \| imperfection \| inadequacy \| incision \| infirmity \| joint \| keloid \| kink \| kloof \| leak \| lentigo \| little problem \| loophole \| mar \| mark \| milium \| misapplication \| misconstruction \| misdoing \| misfeasance \| misinterpretation \| misjudgment \| mistake \| moat \| mole \| moral flaw \| needle scar \| nevus \| notch \| nullah \| opening \| pass \| passage \| peccancy \| perforation \| perversion \| pimple \| pit \| pock \| pockmark \| port-wine mark \| port-wine stain \| problem \| puncture \| pustule \| ravine \| rent \| rift \| rime \| rip \| ruin \| rupture \| scab \| scar \| scarify \| scissure \| scratch \| scud \| seam \| sebaceous cyst \| self-contradiction \| shortcoming \| sin \| sinfulness \| slit \| slot \| snag \| something missing \| split \| spoil \| stain \| stigmatize \| strawberry mark \| sty \| taint \| tear \| track \| trench \| twist \| unorthodoxy \| untrueness \| untruth \| untruthfulness \| valley \| verruca \| vesicle \| vice \| void \| vulnerable place \| wadi \| wale \| warp \| wart \| weak link \| weak point \| weak side \| weaken \| weakness \| weal \| welt \| wen \| whitehead \| wind gust \| wrong \| wrongness See Also \| bug \| damage \| failing \| glitch \| hamartia \| hole \| imperfection \| imperfectness \| tragic flaw \| weakness Flaw In Webster's Dictionary \Flaw\, n. [OE. flai, flaw flake; cf. Sw. flaga flaw, crack, breach, flake, D. vlaag gust of wind, Norw. flage, flaag, and E. flag a flat stone.] 1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase. This heart Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws. --Shak. 2. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute. Has not this also its flaws and its dark side? --South. 3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel. [Obs.] And deluges of armies from the town Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw. --Dryden. 4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration. Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. --Milton. Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. --Tennyson. Syn: Blemish; fault; imperfection; spot; speck. \Flaw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flawing}.] 1. To crack; to make flaws in. The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed. --Dryden. 2. To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.] France hath flawed the league. --Shak.

Flaw Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flaw?

[n] defect or weakness in a peron's character; "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless"
[n] an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
[v] add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flaw: blemish | defect | fault

Flaw In Webster's Dictionary

\Flaw\, n. [OE. flai, flaw flake; cf. Sw. flaga flaw,
crack, breach, flake, D. vlaag gust of wind, Norw. flage,
flaag, and E. flag a flat stone.]
1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of
   continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.

         This heart Shall break into a hundered thousand
         flaws.                                --Shak.

2. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a
   will, in a deed, or in a statute.

         Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?
                                               --South.

3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a
   quarrel. [Obs.]

         And deluges of armies from the town Came pouring in;
         I heard the mighty flaw.              --Dryden.

4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.

         Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. --Milton.

         Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. --Tennyson.

Syn: Blemish; fault; imperfection; spot; speck.


\Flaw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flawing}.]
1. To crack; to make flaws in.

         The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed.
                                               --Dryden.

2. To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.]

         France hath flawed the league.        --Shak.

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