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Loom

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Noun

1. loom

a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile

Verb

2. loom

come into view indistinctly, often threateningly

Example Sentences:
'Another air plane loomed into the sky'

3. hulk, loom, predominate, tower

appear very large or occupy a commanding position

Example Sentences:
'The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain'
'Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall'

4. brood, bulk large, hover, loom

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

Example Sentences:
'The terrible vision brooded over her all day long'

5. loom

weave on a loom

Example Sentences:
'materials loomed in Egypt'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Loom

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noun
1. 
an apparatus, worked by hand (hand loom) or mechanically (power loom), for weaving yarn into a textile
2. 
the middle portion of an oar, which acts as a fulcrum swivelling in the rowlock
verb (intransitive)
1. 
to come into view indistinctly with an enlarged and often threatening aspect
2. 
(of an event) to seem ominously close
3. (often foll by over)
(of large objects) to dominate or overhang
noun
4. 
a rising appearance, as of something far away
noun archaic or dialect
1.  another name for diver (sense 3)
2. 
any of various other birds, esp the guillemot

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Loom

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Loyal Order of Moose
verb intransitive
1. 
to appear, take shape, or come in sight indistinctly as through a mist, esp. in a large, portentous, or threatening form
often with up [the peak loomed up before us]: also used figuratively [the specter of war loomed ahead]
noun
2. 
a looming appearance, as of a ship in the fog
noun
1. 
a machine for weaving thread or yarn into cloth
2. 
the art of weaving
usually with the
3. 
the part of an oar or paddle between the handle and the blade
verb transitive
4. 
to weave on a loom
noun
British, Dialectal
loon1

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Loom

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intr.v. loomed, loom·ing, looms
1. To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image: "I faced the icons that loomed through the veil of incense" (Fergus M. Bordewich). See Synonyms at appear.
2. To appear to the mind in a magnified and threatening form: "Stalin looms over the whole human tragedy of 1930-1933" (Robert Conquest).
3. To seem imminent; impend: Revolution loomed but the aristocrats paid no heed.
n.
A distorted, threatening appearance of something, as through fog or darkness.
n.
An apparatus for making thread or yarn into cloth by weaving strands together at right angles.
tr.v. loomed, loom·ing, looms
To weave (a tapestry, for example) on a loom.

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