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UK
/lˈuːm/
]
[ US /ˈɫum/ ]
[ US /ˈɫum/ ]
VERB
-
weave on a loom
materials loomed in Egypt -
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
The terrible vision brooded over her all day long -
come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
Another air plane loomed into the sky -
appear very large or occupy a commanding position
The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain
Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall
NOUN
- a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
How To Use loom In A Sentence
- Human relations do not always rely on meeting each other in person every day. When we talk about relationships between people on either side of the border, just a few thousand miles can’t keep love from growing and blooming into a beautiful bonding. Gulzar
- It was still cold and a little gloomy but there was a dour magnificence to it.
- In the early 1800s, the French weaver Joseph Jacquard invented a loom in which a series of punched cards controlled the patterns of cloth and carpet produced.
- The roadsides sparkled with coreopsis, crimson clover, vetch, spring beauties, and other gem-like blooms.
- Galanthus reginae-olgae is a reliable early flowerer, producing its faintly scented blooms as early as October.
- The flowers in bloom upon the graves at the Cemetery were shot away.
- Egg-laying adults are especially active during bloom, a time period when insecticides should not be applied.
- An early season bloomer, about 18-inches tall, its subtle fragrance has been described as elegant, sweet, and tartly fruity.
- Even the shoes, booties with vertiginous heels, were covered in grasping little coral-like tentacles that shook as the models -- their faces abloom with gold and colorful stripes -- stomped down the catwalk. Balmain, Zac Posen, Rick Owens & Manish Arora Out Of This World In Paris (PHOTOS, POLL)
- The sweet peas just now started blooming, that is so late, even though they were planted mid February. Wordless June Blooms « Fairegarden
