flaw

1. 1.

   add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

   Synonymsblemish

   Broaderdamage

Other forms of flaw

plural

flaws·

past tense

flawed·

present participle

flawing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about flaw

What does flaw mean?

flaw means "an imperfection in an object or machine". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flaw?

flaw has 1 syllable: flaw. In IPA it is /ˈflɔ/.

What is another word for flaw?

Close synonyms include defect, fault, blemish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flaw a common word?

flaw is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.