- 1. n. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity. Source: opted
- 2. n. Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment. Source: opted
- 3. v. i. To fail; to become deficient. Source: opted
- 4. v. t. To injure; to damage. Source: opted
- 5. n. an imperfection in a bodily system Source: wordnet
- 6. n. a failing or deficiency Source: wordnet
- 7. n. an imperfection in an object or machine Source: wordnet
- 8. n. a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) Source: wordnet
- 9. v. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army Source: wordnet
- 10. v:19/n:81 n. an imperfection in a bodily system n. a failing or deficiency n. an imperfection in an object or machine v. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army Source: ecdict
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