Dictionary Entry
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.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
- 4intransitive 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.
- 5intransitive verb
To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
- 6noun
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.
- 7noun
a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
- 8verb
weave on a loom
"materials loomed in Egypt"
- 9verb
appear very large or occupy a commanding position
"The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"
"Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"
Synonyms
- 10verb
come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
"Another air plane loomed into the sky"
- 11verb
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
"The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
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