flaw
To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defectiveTo add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
» We all have flaws.
У нас у всех есть недостатки.
Ми всі маємо недоліки.
Всі ми маємо недоліки.
У нас у всіх є недоліки.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
beschädigen, verschlechtern
по́ртитьpórtitʹ, испо́ртитьispórtitʹ, поврежда́тьpovreždátʹ
add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
(intransitive)To become imperfect or defective; to crack or break.
Schaden nehmen, sich verschlechtern
поврежда́тьсяpovreždátʹsja, повреди́тьсяpovredítʹsja
Examples
144 sentencesWe all have flaws.
Ми всі маємо недоліки. — deniko
ruУ нас у всех есть недостатки. — marafon
Does this diamond have any flaws?
Tom discovered a flaw in the ship's design.
deTom entdeckte einen Fehler in der Schiffskonstruktion. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Some well-known scientists say that study is flawed.
Tom is too in love with Mary to notice her flaws.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English flawe, flay (“a flake of fire or snow, spark, splinter”), probably froFrom 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”).
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Forms
flaws, flawing, flawed, flawedSynonyms
1 synonyms- add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective:blemish
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle