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loom
1[ loom ]
noun
- a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
- the art or the process of weaving.
- the part of an oar between the blade and the handle.
verb (used with object)
- to weave (something) on a loom.
loom
2[ loom ]
verb (used without object)
- to appear indistinctly; come into view in indistinct and enlarged form:
The mountainous island loomed on the horizon.
- to rise before the vision with an appearance of great or portentous size:
Suddenly a police officer loomed in front of him.
- to assume form as an impending event:
A battle looms at the convention.
noun
- a looming appearance, as of something seen indistinctly at a distance or through a fog:
the loom of a moraine directly in their path.
loom
3[ loom ]
noun
, British Dialect.
- a guillemot or murre.
L.O.O.M.
4abbreviation for
- Loyal Order of Moose.
loom
2/ luːm /
verb
- to come into view indistinctly with an enlarged and often threatening aspect
- (of an event) to seem ominously close
- often foll by over (of large objects) to dominate or overhang
noun
- a rising appearance, as of something far away
loom
3/ luːm /
noun
- an apparatus, worked by hand ( hand loom ) or mechanically ( power loom ), for weaving yarn into a textile
- the middle portion of an oar, which acts as a fulcrum swivelling in the rowlock
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Word History and Origins
Origin of loom1
First recorded before 900; Middle English lome, lombe, lume “tool, implement, loom,” Old English lōma, gelōma; further origin uncertain
Origin of loom2
First recorded in 1590–1600; origin uncertain; perhaps akin to East Frisian lomen, Swedish lome “move slowly”
Origin of loom3
First recorded in 1670–80; from Old Norse lōmr “loon”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of loom1
C17: from Old Norse lomr
Origin of loom2
C16: perhaps from East Frisian lomen to move slowly
Origin of loom3
C13 (meaning any kind of tool): variant of Old English gelōma tool; compare heirloom
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