EGAVE

loom

About 2.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
    heirloom, workloom
  2. 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.
  3. noun The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade; the shaft.
  4. noun loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  5. verb To appear indistinctly, e.g. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.
    The clouds loomed over the mountains.
  6. verb To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; (of a person or thing) to tower; (of an idea) to impressively or intimidatingly occupy the mind; (of an event) to be imminent.
  7. verb To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
  8. noun A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.

Similar words

hover hulk tower bulk large brood tradesperson treadle weaver heddle impend

Often followed by

large and of in up is weavers was as

Word family

loomed looming looms

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