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Definition of Flaw

1. Verb. Add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective.

2. Noun. An imperfection in an object or machine. "If there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"

3. Noun. Defect or weakness in a person's character. "He had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless"

4. Noun. An imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness.

Definition of Flaw

1. n. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.

2. v. t. To crack; to make flaws in.

Definition of Flaw

1. Noun. A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion. ¹

2. Noun. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden. ¹

3. Noun. A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To become imperfect or defective. ¹

6. Noun. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration. ¹

7. Noun. A storm of short duration. ¹

8. Noun. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flaw

1. to produce a flaw (an imperfection) in [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Flaw

1. 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. "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) Synonym: Blemish, fault, imoerfection, spot, speck. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flaw

flavourlessly flavourlessness flavourous flavours flavoursome flavourwise flavoury flavous flavoutsomeness flavoxanthin

flavoxate flavoxate hydrochloride flavus flavylium flavyliums flaw (current term) flawed flawier flawiest flawing

flawless flawlessly flawlessness flawlessnesses flawn flawns flaws flawtered flawtering

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