loom
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
loom (plural looms)
- A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
- heirloom, workloom
- 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.
- Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.
- The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft.
- Spanish: utensilio, herramienta, artículo
- French: métier à tisser
- German: Webstuhl
- Italian: telaio
- Portuguese: tear
- Russian: тка́цкий стано́к
- Spanish: telar
- Russian: черенок
- Spanish: caña
loom (plural looms)
- (dated) loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
loom (looms, present participle looming; past and past participle loomed) (intransitive)
- To appear indistinctly, eg. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.
- The clouds loomed over the mountains.
- (figurative) To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; to be imminent.
- (figurative) To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
- On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.
loom (plural looms)
- A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.
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