loom
loom is a 4-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Loon, the bird. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. See Loon, the bird.
- noun. 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.
- noun. That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
- intransitive verb. To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high.
- intransitive verb. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
- noun. The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.
- noun. a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
- verb. weave on a loom
"materials loomed in Egypt"
- verb. appear very large or occupy a commanding position
"The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"
"Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"
- verb. come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
"Another air plane loomed into the sky"
- verb. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
"The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
Synonyms
hulk, predominate, tower, brood, hover
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in loom:
Common word forms
looms, loomed, loomer, looming
Words from these letters
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