loom

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/luːm/ English

Definitions

noun

A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
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.
The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft.

noun

Loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)

noun

A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.

verb

To appear indistinctly, eg. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.“The clouds loomed over the mountains.”
To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; to be imminent.
To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.

Related words

Synonyms

hover hulk tower bulk large brood tradesperson treadle weaver heddle impend dobby jacquard weigh job craft occupation

Associated

pirn weft looms weaving warp weave rapier yarn woven

Rhymes

plume presume exhume boom room assume fume tomb gloom spume

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