loom

See also: lom

English

A loom.

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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.

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 Gaviiformes)
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

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loːm/
  • Audio(file)
  • 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 loomlomerhet loomst
het loomste
indefinite m./f. sing. lomelomereloomste
n. sing. loomlomerloomste
plural lomelomereloomste
definite lomelomereloomste
partitive loomslomers—

Adverb

loom

  1. lazily

Estonian

Etymology

Derived from looma (“to create”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

loom (genitive looma, partitive looma)

  1. animal
  2. (colloquial, informal) mammal

Declension

Derived terms

  • loomaaed
  • metsloom
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