Meaning

9 senses
  1. 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.

    Sprung, Riss, Absplitterung

    тре́щинаtréščina, щельščelʹ, поро́кporók

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

    Makel, Fehler, Macke

    изъя́нizʺján, недоста́токnedostátok, поро́кporók

    вадаvada

    an imperfection in an object or machine

  3. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.

    An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.

  4. A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.

    a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute

    Makel

  5. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.

    Windbö, Windstoß, Bö

    шквалškval, поры́в ве́траporýv vétra

  6. A storm of short duration.

  7. A sudden burst of noise and disorder

  8. (obsolete)A flake, fragment, or shiver.

  9. (obsolete)A thin cake, as of ice.

Examples

144 sentences
  1. We all have flaws.

    Ми всі маємо недоліки.

    ruУ нас у всех есть недостатки.

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  2. Does this diamond have any flaws?

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  3. Tom discovered a flaw in the ship's design.

    deTom entdeckte einen Fehler in der Schiffskonstruktion.

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  4. Some well-known scientists say that study is flawed.

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  5. Tom is too in love with Mary to notice her flaws.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
defect, fault:
Русский
By meaning 3
crack or breach:
defect, fault:
burst of wind:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
crack or breach:
defect, fault:
burst of wind:

Origin

From Middle English flawe, flay (“a flake of fire or snow, spark, splinter”), probably fro

From Middle English flawe, flay (“a flake of fire or snow, spark, splinter”), probably from Old Norse flaga (“a flag or slab of stone, flake”), from Proto-Germanic *flagō (“a layer of soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *plok- (“broad, flat”).

From Middle English *flaugh, from Middle Dutch vlāghe or Middle Low German vlāge, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *flagā. Or, possibly of North Germanic origin, from Swedish flaga (“gust of wind”), from Old Norse flaga; all from Proto-Germanic *flagǭ (“blow, strike”). See modern Dutch vlaag (“gust of wind”).

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Forms

plural: flaws
Singularflaw
Pluralflaws

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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