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Princeton's WordNet

  1. loomverb

    a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile

  2. loomverb

    come into view indistinctly, often threateningly

    "Another air plane loomed into the sky"

  3. loom, tower, predominate, hulkverb

    appear very large or occupy a commanding position

    "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"

  4. brood, hover, loom, bulk largeverb

    hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

    "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"

  5. loomverb

    weave on a loom

    "materials loomed in Egypt"

GCIDE

  1. Loomverb

    To become imminent; to impend.

Wiktionary

  1. loomnoun

    loon (bird of order Gaviformes)

  2. loomverb

    to impend; to threaten or hang over

    The clouds loomed over the mountains.

  3. Etymology: From lome, from loma, geloma (also as andloma, andgeloma, andlama, of uncertain origin. Cognate with allame. Perhaps originally meaning "a thing of frequent use", in which case, akin to gelome, from ga- + lōmiz, from lem-. Compare giluomo, kilomo, lama. See lame.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Loomnoun

    Etymology: from glomus, a bottom of thread, Minshew. Lome is a general name for a tool or instrument, Junius.

    He must leave no uneven thread in his loom, or by indulging to any one sort of reproveable discourse himself, defeat all his endeavours against the rest. Governm. of the Tongue.

    Minerva, studious to compose
    Her twisted threads, the web she strung,
    And o’er a loom of marble hung. Addison.

    A thousand maidens ply the purple loom,
    To weave the bed, and deck the regal room. Matthew Prior.

  2. Loomnoun

    A bird.

    A loom is as big as a goose; of a dark colour, dappled with white spots on the neck, back, and wings; each feather marked near the point with two spots: they breed in Farr Island. Nehemiah Grew, Musæum.

  3. To Loomverb

    To appear at sea. Stephen Skinner

    Etymology: leoman , Saxon.

Wikipedia

  1. loom

    Loom is a 1990 fantasy-themed graphic adventure game by Lucasfilm Games. The project was led by Brian Moriarty, a former Infocom employee and author of classic text adventures Wishbringer (1985), Trinity (1986), and Beyond Zork (1987). It was the fourth game to use the SCUMM adventure game engine, and the first of those to avoid the verb–object interface introduced in Maniac Mansion.

ChatGPT

  1. loom

    A loom is a device used to weave cloth or fabric. It holds the warp (the vertical threads) under tension, allowing the weft (the horizontal threads) to be interwoven across, creating a fabric. In a broader sense, "loom" can also refer to anything that emerges in a threatening, exaggerated, or impressively large manner.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Loomnoun

    see Loon, the bird

  2. Loomnoun

    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

  3. Loomnoun

    that part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock

  4. Loomverb

    to appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high

  5. Loomverb

    to rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense

  6. Loomnoun

    the state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea

  7. Etymology: [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin to AS. lema light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E. light. 122. See Light not dark.]

Wikidata

  1. Loom

    Loom is a graphical adventure game originally released in 1990. It was both developed and published by Lucasfilm Games and was the fourth game to use the SCUMM adventure game engine. The project was led by Brian Moriarty, a former Infocom employee and author of the classic text adventures Wishbringer, Trinity and Beyond Zork. In 2009 the game was released for digital download on Steam content delivery system.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Loom

    lōōm, n. a machine in which yarn or thread is woven into a fabric, by the crossing of threads called chain or warp, running lengthwise, with others called weft, woof, or filling; the handle of an oar, or the part within the rowlock.—n. Jac′quard-loom, a famous apparatus devised by Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), invaluable in weaving the finer kinds of figured silk fabrics. [A.S. gelóma, a tool.]

  2. Loom

    lōōm, v.i. to appear above the horizon, or larger than the real size: to show large in darkness, &c.: to stand out prominently in the future.—n. Loom′ing, a mirage. [O. Fr. lumer—L. lumināre.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. loom

    The handle of an oar. Also, the track of a fish.

  2. loom

    A word, which has crept into use since the French expedition to Egypt, to express the extraordinary refraction which light undergoes when strata of air, of different densities, extend above each other. The mirage, reflecting objects at a great height, inverts and doubles the image.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of loom in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of loom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of loom in a Sentence

  1. Kallum Pickering:

    While the long-term risks to The United Kingdom potential growth from Brexit loom large, the prospect of a deal presents considerable upside potential for the The United Kingdom economy over the medium-term.

  2. Le Drian:

    The situation in Middle East is explosive, violence is doing the talking, war could loom, the president of the republic has decided to take all necessary political initiatives.

  3. Andreas Heiss:

    Prehistoric bakers produced so much more than just bread, a Late Bronze Age odd deposit from central European site Stillfried (Austria) yielded dough rings comparable to Italian tarallini, discovered together with a larger number of clay loom weights, likewise ring-shaped resulting in new insights into the material culture of food, symbolism, and diversity of dishes.

  4. Madam Chaiang Kai-shek:

    I go walking, and the hills loom above me, range upon range, one against the other. I cannot tell where one begins and another leaves off. But when I talk with God, He lifts me up where I can see clearly where everything has a distinct contour.

  5. Rebecca Robbins:

    Sleep is an artifact of our waking lives, if you're experiencing hardship, trauma or something unsettling happening... those events loom large for our sleep.

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