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loom

/lum/

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What does loom mean?

noun

  1. A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
  2. 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.
  3. The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade; the shaft.
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verb

  1. To appear indistinctly, e.g. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.
  2. (figuratively) To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; (of a person or thing) to tower; (of an idea) to impressively or intimidatingly occupy the mind; (of an event) to be imminent.
  3. (figuratively) To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.

noun

  1. A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.
  2. (dated) loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)

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In three months Jacquard had invented a loom to substitute mechanical action for the irksome and toilsome labour of the workman.
Samuel SmilesSelf Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and PerseveranceProject Gutenberg ebook #935
From the haze of your consciousness, as through a fog, loom the old familiar forest, and the hills, and the River.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe ForestProject Gutenberg ebook #9376
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To dream of seeing a sheriff, denotes that you will suffer great uneasiness over the uncertain changes which loom up before you.
Gustavus Hindman MillerTen Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream A Scientific and Practical ExpositionProject Gutenberg ebook #926
The press of canvas she carried made her loom up high, end-on, like a gray column standing motionless directly in our wake.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058
When, after the dyeing, the web is stretched upon the loom, it presents the desired pattern in colour upon the undyed ground.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307