LOOM
\lˈuːm], \lˈuːm], \l_ˈuː_m]\
Definitions of LOOM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
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a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
By Princeton University
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hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
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a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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See Loon, the bird.
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That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
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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.
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To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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See Loon, the bird.
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That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
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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.
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To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The frame or machine for weaving cloth: the handle of an oar, or the part within the rowlock.
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To shine or appear above the horizon: to appear larger than the real size, as in a mist: to be seen at a distance in the mind's eye, as something in the future.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A machine or frame in which a weaver works threads into cloth; the handle of an oar.
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To appear above the horizon; to rise on the view through, or as through, a haze, and larger than the real dimensions; to appear in large, yet faint, outlines in the stance.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A utensil; a tool; a machine in which cloth is woven; the part of an oar lying within the boat when rowing; hand-loom, a loom wrought by the hand; heir-loom, see heir; power-loom, a loom wrought by steam; jacguard-loom, a machine invented by M. Jacquard of Lyons for weaving figured goods.
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To be seen imperfectly, as a ship on the horizon, or when seen through a mist; to appear indistinctly above the surface either of sea or land; to appear larger than the real size, and indistinctly; to appear to the mind's eye faintly or obscurely, or, as it were, in the distance.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
