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Definition of 'flaw'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) flawe, .
Noun
( en-noun)
(obsolete) A flake, fragment, or shiver.
(obsolete) A thin cake, as of ice.
A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
- There is a flaw in that knife.
- That vase has a flaw .
* Shakespeare
- This heart / Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws .
A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
* South
- Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?
A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid.
- a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* tragic flaw
Verb
( en-verb)
To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
To become imperfect or defective.
Etymology 2
Noun
( en-noun)
A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
* Milton
- Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw .
* Tennyson
- Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn.
A storm of short duration.
A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.
* Dryden
- And deluges of armies from the town / Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw .
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