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Webster 1913 Edition

Loom

Loom

(loōm)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
See
Loon
, the bird.

Loom

(loōm)
,
Noun.
[OE.
lome
, AS.
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, as in knitting or lace making.
Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the
loom
and the distaff.
Rambler.
2.
(Naut.)
That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
Totten.

Loom

(loōm)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Loomed
(loōmd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Looming
.]
[OE.
lumen
to shine, Icel.
ljoma
; akin to AS.
leíma
light, and E.
light
; or cf. OF.
lumer
to shine, L.
luminare
to illumine,
lumen
light; akin to E.
light
. √122. See
Light
not dark.]
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, esp. from atmospheric influences;
as, the ship
looms
large; the land
looms
high.
Awful she
looms
, the terror of the main.
H. J. Pye.
2.
To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
On no occasion does he [Paul]
loom
so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.
J. M. Mason.

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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Loom

LOOM

, n.
1.
In composition, heir-loom, in law, is a personal chattel that by special custom descends to an heir with the inheritance, being such a thing as cannot be separated from the estate, without injury to it; such as jewels of the crown, charters, deeds, and the like.
2.
A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver works threads into cloth.
Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.
3.
A fowl of the size of a goose.
4.
That part of an oar which is within board.

LOOM

, v.i.
To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear larger than the real dimensions and indistinctly; as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain. The ship looms large, or the land looms high.

Definition 2024

loom

loom

See also: lom

English

A loom.

Noun

loom ‎(plural looms)

  1. A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
    heirloom, workloom
  2. 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.
    • Rambler
      Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.
  3. The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft.
Derived terms
Translations
utensil, tool, article

Etymology 2

Noun

loom ‎(plural looms)

  1. (dated) loon (bird of order Gaviformes)
Translations

Etymology 3

From Old Norse ljóma ‎(“to shine”)[1].

Verb

loom ‎(third-person singular simple present looms, present participle looming, simple past and past participle loomed)

  1. to impend; to threaten or hang over.
    The clouds loomed over the mountains.
    • 2011 August 7, Chris Bevan, “Man City 2 - 3 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
      With no extra-time to be played and penalties looming, the Portuguese winger pounced on some hesitant City defending to run on to a Wayne Rooney clearance, round Joe Hart and slot home.
  2. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
    • J. M. Mason
      On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.
Translations

References

  1. ↑ loom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loːm/
  • Rhymes: -oːm

Adjective

loom ‎(comparative lomer, superlative loomst)

  1. lazy, pleasantly slow

Inflection

Inflection of loom
uninflected loom
inflected lome
comparative lomer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial loom lomer het loomst
het loomste
indefinite m./f. sing. lome lomere loomste
n. sing. loom lomer loomste
plural lome lomere loomste
definite lome lomere loomste
partitive looms lomers —

Adverb

loom

  1. lazily

Estonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloːm/
  • Hyphenation: loom
  • Rhymes: -oːm

Etymology

Derived from looma ‎(“to create”)

Noun

loom ‎(genitive looma, partitive looma)

  1. animal
  2. (colloquial, informal) mammal

Declension

Derived terms

  • loomaaed
  • metsloom

Etymology

From Middle English lome, from Old English lōma, ġelōma ‎(“tool, utensil, implement, article of furniture, household effect”) (also as andlōma, andġelōma, andlāma ‎(“utensil, instrument, implement, tool, vessel”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Dutch allame ‎(“tool”). Perhaps originally meaning "a thing of frequent use", in which case, akin to Old English ġelōme ‎(“often, frequently, continually, repeatedly”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + Proto-Germanic *lōmiz, *lōmijaz ‎(“lame, halt”), from Proto-Indo-European *lem- ‎(“to break, soften”). Compare Old High German giluomo, kilōmo ‎(“often, frequently”), Old English lama ‎(“lame”). See lame.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /luːm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /lum/
  • Rhymes: -uːm

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