Definitions for LOOM

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LOOM loom

Spelling: [loom]

IPA: /lum/

Loom is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in LOOM (lmoo).

Definitions for LOOM

noun

1. a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
2. the art or the process of weaving.
3. the part of an oar between the blade and the handle.
4. a looming appearance, as of something seen indistinctly at a distance or through a fog:
5. loon1 .
6. a guillemot or murre.

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 LOOM

before 900; Middle English lome, Old English gelōma tool, implement. See heirloom

Examples for LOOM

In order to see the fresco, I had to get on the top of a loom.

Before it is ready for the loom, however, there are a number of operations which must be completed.

She pointed to the web of beautifully-woven cloth in the loom.

Instead of diminishing employment, the Jacquard loom increased it at least tenfold.

In Moscow, these costs will loom larger in six months or a year from now than they do today.

Jagged walls of rock, a palette of blacks and greys, loom over us.

But the specter of political violence continues to loom over Egypt.

The shooting of the shooter made him loom all the larger in our imagination.

No, there is nothing in this Work which we can call ours, except it be the loom.

As long as a more comprehensive solution remains elusive, the risks of failure will continue to loom large.