Meaning of Flaw | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A flake, fragment, or shiver.
   obsolete
2. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
3. A thin cake, as of ice.
   obsolete
4. A storm of short duration.
5. A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
6. A sudden burst of noise and disorder
7. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
8. An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
9. A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.

Equivalents

Examples

“There is a flaw in that knife.”

“That vase has a flaw.”

“This heart / Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws.”

“Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?”

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

“And snow and haile and stormie gust and flaw”

“Yniol with that hard message went; it fell, / Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn: […]”

“And deluges of armies from the town / Come pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw.”

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