intransitive verb. To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image: synonym: appear.

intransitive verb. To appear to the mind in a magnified and threatening form.

intransitive verb. To seem imminent; impend.

noun. A distorted, threatening appearance of something, as through fog or darkness.

noun. An apparatus for making thread or yarn into cloth by weaving strands together at right angles.

transitive verb. To weave (a tapestry, for example) on a loom.

To weave.

To shine.

Specifically To appear indistinctly; come dimly into view, as from below the horizon or through a mist; rise up before the vision so as to give the impression of indistinct bulk or largeness: stand out prominently in the prospect: often used figuratively.

noun. A loon. See loon.

noun. A guillemot.

noun. A coming indistinctly or vaguely into view; also, the indistinct or unnaturally enlarged appearance of anything, as land, seen at a distance or through a fog. See looming.

noun. The track of a fish.

To put into or adjust in a loom.

noun. A utensil; a tool; a weapon; an article in general: now used only in composition, as in heir-loom, workloom, etc. See heirloom.

noun. A machine for weaving any fabric from yarn or thread.

noun. The part of an oar between the blade and the handle; the shaft.

noun. A chimney.

noun. See loon, the bird.

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.

noun. That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.

intransitive verb. 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

intransitive verb. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.

intransitive verb. To become imminent; to impend.

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.

noun. A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.

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

noun. That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock

noun. loon (bird of order Gaviformes)

verb. to impend; to threaten or hang over

verb. come into view indistinctly, often threateningly

verb. weave on a loom

verb. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

noun. a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile

verb. appear very large or occupy a commanding position

"Would the fact that the firings came in the middle of the president's term loom quite so large?"

chain-tappet loom  circular loom  crompton loom  cross-border jacquard loom  double-cloth loom  

appear  lift  look  rear  rise  

Bloom  Blum  Blume  Doom  Hume  

anvil  weaver  

anticipate  appear  approach  arise  ascend  

loon  

loomed  looming  looms