Definitions for looming

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looming loom·ing

Spelling: [loo-ming]

IPA: /ˈlu mɪŋ/

Looming is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 126 anagrams from letters in looming (gilmnoo).

Definitions for looming

noun

1. a mirage in which objects below the horizon seem to be raised above their true positions.
2. a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
3. the art or the process of weaving.
4. the part of an oar between the blade and the handle.
5. a looming appearance, as of something seen indistinctly at a distance or through a fog:

verb (used with object)

1. to weave (something) on a loom.

verb (used without object)

1. to appear indistinctly; come into view in indistinct and enlarged form:
2. to rise before the vision with an appearance of great or portentous size:
3. to assume form as an impending event:

Origin of looming

First recorded in 1620-30; loom² + -ing¹

Examples for looming

No one was especially eager to deliver news of a disastrous military defeat or looming economic crisis.

Finally, as with other medications, the looming question is that of globalization.

But the causes belie a looming emergency that may leave hospitals scrambling, Red Cross officials said.

Some of them tore down a side street, straight before the looming onrush.

By his own admission he was against the law, a “crook,” and—the penitentiary was looming.

But he was fully devoted to EL, and made preparations for the looming doomsday.

The Home Galaxy was looming large when they next stopped for observation.

Do not see in my words the looming of a momentous sensation.

Visitors are greeted by a looming gothic gate, the kind used to signify that important residents lie behind its spires.

But after that he was afraid no more of the looming bulks of the tepees.