loom

See also lõõm, and lom

English

Wikipedia

A loom.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /luːm/, SAMPA: /lu:m/

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  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, *lōmjaz (“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
3. That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock

Translations

weaving frame

Albanian: avlëmend, tezgjah, vegjë Czech: tkalcovský stav m. (frame), tkací stroj m. (machine) Dutch: weefgetouw (nl) n. Finnish: kangaspuut (fi) French: métier à tisser (fr) m. German: Webstuhl (de) m. Hungarian: szövőszék (hu) Icelandic: vefstóll (is) m.

Italian: telaio (it) m. Lao: ຫຼາ (laa) Macedonian: разбој (mk) (rázboj) m. Navajo: dah iistłʼǫ́ Portuguese: tear (pt) m. Russian: ткацкий станок (ru) (tkáckij stanók) m. Spanish: telar (es) Swedish: vävstol c.

part of an oar

Etymology 2

Noun

loom (plural looms)

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

Translations

bird of order Gaviformes — see loon

Etymology 3

From Old Norse ljóma (“to shine”)

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”, 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.

Translations

impend, threaten to hang over

Chinese: 朦胧地出现, 逐渐地呈现 (zhújiàn de chéngxiàn) Dutch: opdoemen (nl)

Finnish: häämöttää (fi), siintää (fi), kuvastua (fi)

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːm

Adjective

loom (comparative lomer, superlative loomst)

1. lazy, pleasantly slow

Declension

Declension of loom

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		loom	lomer
neuter singular	indefinite	loom	lomer
	definite	lome	lomere	loomste	het loomst(e)
common singular		lome	lomere	loomste	de loomste
plural		lome	lomere	loomste	de loomste
partitive		looms	lomers

Adverb

loom

1. lazily

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Estonian

Noun

loom (genitive looma, partitive looma)

1. animal

Declension

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Derived terms

• loomaaed