flaw : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flaw	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for flaw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flaw n an imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" Synonym(s): defect, fault, flaw defect or weakness in a person's character; "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless" an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness v add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective [syn: flaw, blemish]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Dryden. 2. To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.] France hath flawed the league. --Shak.