flaw

[flaw]

A flaw can be a sign of weakness or defect. If you try to make wings and fly off the roof but wind up crashing in the gutter, there's a flaw in your plan.

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

Noun
defect or weakness in a person''s character; "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless"

Noun
an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"

Verb
add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

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

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

n.
A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.

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

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

v. t.
To break; to violate; to make of no effect.

Flaw

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.

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?

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.

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

Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw.

Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn.

Syn. -- Blemish; fault; imoerfection; spot; speck.

Flaw

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.

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

France hath flawed the league.

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

To crack; to make flaws in.

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Usage Examples

I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.

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Other Usage Examples

The dilemma of modern medicine, and the underlying central flaw in medical education and, most of all, in the training of interns, is the irresistible drive to do something, anything. It is expected by patients and too often agreed to by their doctors, in the face of ignorance.

There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.