loom
1a 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.
to weave (something) on a loom.
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Other definitions for loom (2 of 4)
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.
a looming appearance, as of something seen indistinctly at a distance or through a fog: the loom of a moraine directly in their path.
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3Other definitions for L.O.O.M. (4 of 4)
Loyal Order of Moose.
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How to use loom in a sentence
Behind their silk hats loom shadows of their immigrant forbears.
The Magazine That Made—and Unmade—Politicians | Anthony Haden-Guest | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn this valley so far away from Syria, questions loom like mist drifting off the Caucasus.
The Secret Life of an ISIS Warlord | Will Cathcart, Vazha Tavberidze, Nino Burchuladze | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOver these environmental problems loom arguably greater social ones.
Two hours east of Dallas, sun-drenched granite cliffs loom high above the cloudy waters of Possum Kingdom Lake.
The World Series of Cliff Diving Takes Itself Very Seriously | Hampton Stevens | June 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJagged walls of rock, a palette of blacks and greys, loom over us.
It was in full sight from the door of the little shanty in which Aunt Ri's carpet-loom stood.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonFrom above, through the ceiling, came the vibration of some machine at work, and the machine might have been the loom of time.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettThe labour of the spade and of the loom, and the petty gains of trade, he contemptuously abandoned to men of a lower caste.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayNo well-wisher of India, no patriot dare look upon the impending destruction of the hand-loom weaver with equanimity.
Third class in Indian railways | Mahatma GandhiI will lie down and round me wrap The cool, black curtains of the gloom That night hath woven in her loom.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
British Dictionary definitions for loom (1 of 3)
/ (luːm) /
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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1British Dictionary definitions for loom (2 of 3)
/ (luːm) /
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
a rising appearance, as of something far away
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2British Dictionary definitions for loom (3 of 3)
/ (luːm) /
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