flaw

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
2. (intransitive) To become imperfect or defective; to crack or break.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A flake, fragment, or shiver.
2. (obsolete) A thin cake, as of ice.
3. A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
4. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
5. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
6. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.

Noun

1. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
2. A storm of short duration.
3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder

Synonyms

defect

fault

blemish

imperfection

shortcoming

deficiency

error

crack

mistake

impairment

lack

failing

shortage

gap

stain

want

blot

damage

loss

weakness

weak point

taint

fissure

drawback

hurt

harm

absence

spot

weak spot

failure

lapse

hole

🕳️

discrepancy

disadvantage

impurity

wart

feebleness

crevice

vice

mar

leak

rent

cracking

injury

rupture

blunder

detriment

deprivation

frailty

scarcity

Translations

défaut

Fehler

difetto

gebrek

defecto

falha

desperfecto

Mangel

defeito

ελάττωμα

vizio

faille

beschadiging

Manko

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flɔː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: flawe

Cognate with Icelandic: flaga

Cognate with Swedish: flaga

Cognate with Danish: flage

Cognate with Middle Low German: vlage

Cognate with Old English: flōh

Inherited from Middle English: *flaugh

Cognate with Dutch: vlaag

In summary

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”).
Cognate with Icelandic flaga (“flake”), Swedish flaga (“flake, scale”), Danish flage (“flake”), Middle Low German vlage (“a layer of soil”), Old English flōh (“a fragment, piece”).