| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  flô |
| NOUN: | 1. An imperfection, often concealed, that impairs soundness: a flaw in the crystal that caused it to shatter. See synonyms at blemish. 2. A defect or shortcoming in something intangible: They share the character flaw of arrogance. 3. A defect in a legal document that can render it invalid. | | TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: flawed, flaw·ing, flaws
To make or become defective. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English flaue, splinter, perhaps from Old Norse flaga, slab of stone. See pl k-1 in Appendix I.
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