fault-n; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: A wrong action.

Commentary: FAULT[+event]

Examples:
I could understand his English despite his grammatical faults.
She made many faults throughout the talk.
He makes faults frequently in his job.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: An imperfection; the quality of being inadequate or falling short.

Commentary: FAULT[+attribute]

Examples:
The painting has several faults.
They discussed the faults of her first novel.
He knew his own faults better than any other.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3

Sense Number 3: (geology) a crack in the Earth's crust.

Commentary: FAULT[+geology]

Examples:
California is home to a large fault.
They built it right over a geological fault.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 4: (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit.

Commentary: FAULT[+electronics]

Examples:
We finally found the fault in the circuit.
The item won't turn on if there's a fault.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 5: Responsibility for a bad situation or event.

Commentary: FAULT[+genitive]

Examples:
It was John's fault.
We knew it was Mary's fault that we failed.

Mappings:
PropBank: fault.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 6: (sports) a serve that is illegal.

Commentary: FAULT[+sports]

Examples:
He served too many double faults.
The player cannot allow herself too many faults.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7