flaw

flaw
n
1. fault, defect, imperfection, defacement, disfigurement; blemish, blotch, mark, scratch, scar, macula, macule; blot, spot, speck, blur, stain, smudge, smirch, smutch, taint, discoloration.
2. loophole, way out, catch, hooker; lapse, slip, slipup, oversight, omission; weakness, weak spot, frailty, infirmity, foible, shortcoming, failing, Sl. bug; mistake, error, Sl. boo-boo, Sl. goof, Sl. boner.
3. chink, crack, cranny, check, chip, chap, crevice, crevasse; break, fracture, fissure, split, rupture, cleft, breach, rift, scission, Archaic. scissure; rent, tear, gash, scotch, slit, cut, puncture; opening, cavity, gap, hole, aperture, orifice.

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  • flaw — [flɔː ǁ flɒː] noun [countable] 1. a mistake or weakness in a machine, system etc that prevents it from working correctly: flaw in • The drought exposed a serious flaw in the dam. • Investigators believe that a design flaw (= mistake or weakness… …   Financial and business terms

  • flaw — [flo: US flo:] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from Old Norse flaga flat stone ; FLAG1] 1.) a mistake, mark, or weakness that makes something imperfect = ↑defect flaw in ▪ a flaw in the software serious/major/basic/minor etc flaw …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Flaw — (fl[add]), 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • flaw — [ flɔ ] noun count a mistake or fault in something that makes it useless or less effective: There are serious flaws in the way we train our teachers. fatal flaw (=that makes something completely useless or wrong): What you ve just said is the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • flaw — flaw·less; flaw; flaw·less·ly; flaw·less·ness; …   English syllables

  • flaw — flaw1 [flô] n. [ME, a flake, scale, splinter, prob. < or akin to ON flaga, thin layer: for IE base see FLAKE1] 1. a break, scratch, crack, etc. that spoils something; blemish [a flaw in a diamond] 2. a defect; fault; error [a flaw in a legal… …   English World dictionary

  • Flaw — Flaw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flawing}.] 1. To crack; to make flaws in. [1913 Webster] The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • flaw|y — flaw|y1 «FL ee», adjective. having flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty. ╂[< flaw1 + y1] flaw|y2 «FL ee», adjective. coming in gusts, as wind. ╂[< flaw …   Useful english dictionary

  • flaw — I noun blemish, blot, breach, crack, defacement, defect, deficiency, deformity, demerit, disfigurement, error, failing, failure, fault, foible, frailty, gap, imperfection, imperfectness, inferiority, infirmity, injury, limitation, loophole,… …   Law dictionary

  • flaw — n defect, *blemish Analogous words: cleaving or cleavage, riving, splitting or split, rending or rent, ripping or rip, tearing or tear (see corresponding verbs at TEAR) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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