Look up: loom

1. loom
   [Verb] Something that comes in to view in a threatening way.
   Example: The angry teacher loomed over the pupils who were smoking behind the bike sheds.
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2. loom
   A machine for weaving WARP and FILLING YARNS to produce cloth.
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3. loom
   [n] - a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile 2. [v] - come into view indistinctly, often threateningly 3. [v] - appear very large or occupy a commanding position
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4. loom
   Any machine for weaving yarn or thread into cloth. The first looms are thought to have been used to weave sheep's wool in about 5000 BC. A loom...
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5. Loom
   A weaving machine.
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6. Loom
   Loom noun (Zoology) See Loon , the bird.
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7. Loom
   Loom noun [ Middle English lome , Anglo-Saxon gelōma utensil, implement.] 1. 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, ...
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8. Loom
   Loom intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Loomed ; present participle & verbal noun Looming .] [ Middle English lumen to shine, Icelandic ljoma ; akin to Anglo-Sax...
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9. Loom
   Loom 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.
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10. loom
    1. 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, especially. From atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high. 'Awful she looms, the terror of the main.' (H. J. Pye) ...
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11. loom
    noun a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
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12. loom
    verb hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; `The terrible vision brooded over her all day long`
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13. Loom
    • (v. i.) To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense. • (n.) See Loon, the bird. • (n.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock. • (n.) A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms clo...
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14. loom
    machine for weaving cloth. The earliest looms date from the 5th millennium and consisted of bars or beams fixed in place to form a frame to hold a ... [9 related articles]
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15. loom
    diffused glow that may be seen from outside a beam of light as an effect of atmospheric scattering of the light
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16. loom
    loom, frame or machine used for weaving; there is evidence that the loom has been in use since 4400 B.C.Modern looms are of two types, those with a shuttle (the part that carries the weft through the shed) and those without; the latter draw the weft from a stationary supply. There are basically thre...
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17. Loom
    A loom is an apparatus for weaving yarn into a textile by the crossing of vertical (warp) and horizontal (weft) threads.
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18. loom
    Any machine for weaving yarn or thread into cloth. The first looms are thought to have been used to weave sheep's wool in about 5000 BC. A loom is a frame on which a set of lengthwise threads (warp) is strung. A second set of threads (weft), traditionally carried in a shuttle, is inserted at right angles over and under the warp. In most looms t...
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19. loom
    device for weaving thread into fabric. Stephen Blackpool operates a steam-driven power loom in Hard Times.
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20. loom
    A device for producing cloth by interweaving fibers at right angles.
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21. Loom
    A `loom` is a device used to weave cloth. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of the loom and its mechanics may vary, but the basic function is the same. Weaving: Weaving is done by intersecting...
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22. Loom
    (video game) `Loom` is a graphical adventure game originally released in 1990. It was both developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (now called LucasArts) and was the fourth game to use the SCUMM adventure game engine. The project was led by Brian Moriarty, a former Infocom employee ...
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23. LOOM
    (ontology) `Loom` or `LOOM` is a knowledge representation language developed by researchers in the Artificial Intelligence research group at the University of Southern California`s Information Sciences Institute. The Loom project`s goal is the development and fielding of advanced tools for kn...
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