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ALL meanings of loom

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  • noun loom textile machine 1
  • intransitive verb loom appear imminent 1
  • intransitive verb loom appear large or threatening 1
  • noun loom part of an oar 1
  • abbreviation LOOM loon1 . 1
  • noun loom a guillemot or murre. 1
  • verb with object loom to weave (something) on a loom. 1
  • verb without object loom to appear indistinctly; come into view in indistinct and enlarged form: The mountainous island loomed on the horizon. 1
  • verb without object loom to rise before the vision with an appearance of great or portentous size: Suddenly a police officer loomed in front of him. 1
  • noun loom Appear as a shadowy form, esp. one that is large or threatening. 1
  • verb without object loom to assume form as an impending event: A battle looms at the convention. 1
  • noun loom a machine for weaving thread or yarn into cloth 0
  • noun loom the art of weaving 0
  • noun loom the part of an oar or paddle between the handle and the blade 0
  • verb transitive loom to weave on a loom 0
  • abbreviation LOOM loon1 0
  • noun loom A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general. 0
  • noun loom A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making. 0
  • noun loom That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock. 0
  • noun loom (dated) loon (bird of order Gaviformes). 0
  • verb loom to impend; to threaten or hang over. 0
  • verb loom To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense. 0
  • verb loom If something looms over you, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way. 0
  • verb loom If a worrying or threatening situation or event is looming, it seems likely to happen soon. 0
  • countable noun loom A loom is a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth. 0
  • noun loom an apparatus, worked by hand (hand loom) or mechanically (power loom), for weaving yarn into a textile 0
  • noun loom the middle portion of an oar, which acts as a fulcrum swivelling in the rowlock 0
  • verb loom to come into view indistinctly with an enlarged and often threatening aspect 0
  • verb loom (of an event) to seem ominously close 0
  • verb loom (of large objects) to dominate or overhang 0
  • noun loom a rising appearance, as of something far away 0
  • noun loom any of various other birds, esp the guillemot 0
  • noun loom Loyal Order of Moose 0
  • intransitive verb loom to appear, take shape, or come in sight indistinctly as through a mist, esp. in a large, portentous, or threatening form 0
  • noun loom a looming appearance, as of a ship in the fog 0
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