English-Thai Dictionary

flaw

N ข้อบกพร่อง  ข้อด้อย  ข้อ ตำหนิ  จุดบกพร่อง  blemish fault defect kor-bok-prong

 

flaw

N ตำหนิ  รอยร้าว  รอยแตก  crack fissure breach tam-ni

 

flaw

N พายุ ที่ เกิดขึ้น อย่างกะทันหัน และ เป็นช่วง สั้นๆ  windflaw pa-yu-ti-koed-kuen-yang-ka-tan-han-lae-pen-chuang-san-san

 

flaw

VI เป็น รอยร้าว  เกิด ตำหนิ  pen-roi-rao

 

flaw

VT ทำให้ มีตำหนิ  ทำให้ มีมลทิน  ทำให้เกิด รอยร้าว  tam-hai-me-tam-ni

 

flawless

ADJ ไม่ มีตำหนิ  ไม่ มีข้อบกพร่อง  ไม่มี จุดบกพร่อง  ไม่มีที่ติ  faultless perfect unblemished imperfect flawed mai-me-tam-ni

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLAW

n.[Gr. seems to be contracted. ] 1. A breach; a crack; a defect made by breaking or splitting; a gap or fissure; as a flaw in a scythe, knife or razor; a flaw in a china dish, or in a glass; a flaw in a wall.
2. A defect; a fault; any defect made by violence, or occasioned by neglect; as a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, or in a deed, or in a statute.
3. A sudden burst of wind; a sudden gust or blast of short duration; a word of common use among seamen. [This proves the primary sense to be, to burst or rush. ]
4. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar.
And deluges of armies from the town
Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw.
[In this sense, the word is not used in the United States. ]
5. A sudden commotion of mind. [Not used. ]

 

FLAW

v.t. 1. To break; to crack.
The brazen cauldrons with the frosts are flawed.
2. To break; to violate; as, to flaw a league. [Little used. ]

 

FLAWED

pp. Broken; cracked.

 

FLAWING

ppr. Breaking; cracking.

 

FLAWLESS

a.Without cracks; without defect.

 

FLAWN

n.A sort of custard or pie. [Obs. ]

 

FLAWTER

v.t.To scrape or pare a skin. [Not used. ]

 

FLAWY

a. 1. Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty.
2. Subject to sudden gusts of wind.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLAW

Flaw, n. Etym: [OE. flai, flaw flake; cf. Sw. flaga flaw, crack, breach, flake, D. vlaag gust of wind, Norw. flage, flaag, and E. flag a flat stone. ]

 

1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase. This heart Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws. Shak.

 

2. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute. Has not this also its flaws and its dark side South.

 

3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel. [Obs. ] And deluges of armies from the town Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw. Dryden.

 

4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration. Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. Milton. Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. Tennyson.

 

Syn. -- Blemish; fault; imoerfection; spot; speck.

 

FLAW

Flaw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flawing. ]

 

1. To crack; to make flaws in. The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed. Dryden.

 

2. To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs. ] France hath flawed the league. Shak.

 

FLAWLESS

FLAWLESS Flaw "less, a.

 

Defn: Free from flaws. Boyle.

 

FLAWN

Flawn, n. Etym: [OF. flaon, F. flan, LL. flado, fr. OHG. flado, G.fladen, a sort of pancake; cf. Gr. Place. ]

 

Defn: A sort of flat custard or pie. [Obs. ] Tusser.

 

FLAWTER

Flaw "ter, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Flay. ]

 

Defn: To scrape o [Obs. ] Johnson.

 

FLAWY

FLAWY Flaw "y, a.

 

1. Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty. Johnson.

 

2. Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flaw

flaw 1 |flô flɔ | ▶noun a mark, fault, or other imperfection that mars a substance or object: plates with flaws in them were sold at the outlet store. • a fault or weakness in a person's character: he had his flaws, but he was still a great teacher. • a mistake or shortcoming in a plan, theory, or legal document that causes it to fail or reduces its effectiveness: there were fundamental flaws in the case for reforming local government. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be flawed ) (of an imperfection ) mar, weaken, or invalidate (something ): the computer game was flawed by poor programming. ORIGIN Middle English: perhaps from Old Norse flaga ‘slab ’; see flag 2. The original sense was ‘a flake of snow, ’ later, ‘a fragment or splinter, ’ hence ‘a defect or imperfection ’ (late 15th cent ).

 

flaw

flaw 2 |flɔ flô | ▶noun literary a squall of wind; a short storm. ORIGIN early 16th cent.

 

flawed

flawed |flôd flɔd | ▶adjective blemished, damaged, or imperfect in some way: flawed crystals. • (of a person ) having a weakness in character: a flawed hero.

 

flawless

flaw less |ˈflôləs ˈflɔləs | ▶adjective without any blemishes or imperfections; perfect: her brown flawless skin. • without any mistakes or shortcomings: he greeted her in almost flawless English. DERIVATIVES flaw less ly adverb, flaw less ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

flaw

flaw 1 |flɔː | ▶noun a mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object: a flaw in the glass. • a fault or weakness in a person's character: he had his flaws, but he was still a great teacher. • a mistake or shortcoming in a plan, theory, etc. which causes it to fail or reduces its effectiveness: there were fundamental flaws in the case for reforming local government. ▶verb [ with obj. ] mar, weaken, or invalidate (something ): the computer game was flawed by poor programming. ORIGIN Middle English: perhaps from Old Norse flaga ‘slab ’. The original sense was ‘a flake of snow ’, later, ‘a fragment or splinter ’, hence ‘a defect or imperfection ’ (late 15th cent. ).

 

flaw

flaw 2 |flɔː | ▶noun literary a squall of wind; a short storm. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: probably from Middle Dutch vlāghe, Middle Low German vlāge.

 

flawed

flawed |flɔːd | ▶adjective having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection: a fatally flawed strategy. • (of a person ) having a weakness in character: a flawed hero.

 

flawless

flaw |less |ˈflɔːləs | ▶adjective without any imperfections or defects; perfect: her smooth flawless skin | a British accent that was almost flawless. DERIVATIVES flawlessly adverb, flawlessness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

flaw

flaw noun the reactor's design flaw | a flaw in his character: defect, blemish, fault, imperfection, deficiency, weakness, weak spot /point /link, inadequacy, shortcoming, limitation, failing, foible; literary hamartia; Computing bug; informal glitch. ANTONYMS strength.

 

flawed

flawed adjective 1 a flawed mirror: faulty, defective, unsound, imperfect; broken, cracked, torn, scratched, deformed, distorted, warped, buckled. ANTONYMS flawless. 2 the findings were flawed: unsound, defective, faulty, distorted, inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, imprecise, fallacious, misleading. ANTONYMS sound.

 

flawless

flawless adjective a flawless performance: perfect, unblemished, unmarked, unimpaired; whole, intact, sound, unbroken, undamaged, mint, pristine; impeccable, immaculate, consummate, accurate, correct, faultless, error-free, unerring; exemplary, model, ideal, copybook; Theology inerrant. ANTONYMS flawed. WORD TOOLKIT See impeccable . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

flaw

flaw noun the type of reactor used at Chernobyl had a design flaw | he had two small flaws in his character: defect, blemish, fault, imperfection, deficiency, weakness, weak spot /point, inadequacy, shortcoming, limitation, failing, foible; shortfall, insufficiency, lack, want, omission; snag, kink, deformity, taint, crack, fissure, break, tear, split, scratch, chip, fracture, spot; mistake, error; Computing bug, virus; informal glitch, gremlin. ANTONYMS strength. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD flaw, blemish, imperfection See blemish . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

flawed

flawed adjective 1 a flawed mirror blurred the Hubble telescope's vision: faulty, defective, imperfect, shoddy; broken, cracked, torn, scratched, deformed, distorted, warped, buckled; malfunctioning, inoperative, not working, not functioning, non-functioning, out of order, in disrepair, unsound; weak, deficient, incomplete; informal gone wrong, on the blink; Brit. informal duff, knackered. ANTONYMS flawless. 2 the Commission's findings were fundamentally flawed: unsound, defective, faulty, distorted, inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, imprecise, fallacious, wrong; impaired, weak, invalid. ANTONYMS sound.

 

flawless

flawless adjective her smooth, flawless skin: perfect, without blemish, unblemished, unmarked, unimpaired; whole, intact, sound, unbroken, undamaged, as sound as a bell, mint, as good as new, pristine; stainless, spotless, pure, impeccable, immaculate, consummate, superb, superlative, masterly, accurate, correct, faultless, without fault, error-free, unerring; exemplary, model, ideal, copybook, just so; Brit. informal tip-top, A1. ANTONYMS flawed. WORD TOOLKIT flawless See impeccable . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flaw

flaw 1 /flɔː /名詞 C 1 (理論 計画 機能などの )欠陥, 不備 , 瑕疵 （かし ）.2 (性格の )欠点, 短所 .3 (物の )欠陥 〘きず ひび 汚れなど 〙.動詞 他動詞 …を欠点のあるものにする ; 〖通例be ～ed 〗欠点 [誤り, 弱点 ]がある, 台なしである .

 

flaw

flaw 2 名詞 C 突風 ; ひとしきりのあらし .

 

flawed

flawed 形容詞 欠点 [誤り, 弱点, きず ]のある .

 

flawless

fl á w less 形容詞 〈物 人が 〉完璧 （かんぺき ）な, 申し分のない (perfect ).～ly 副詞