Loom Definition

lo͝om

loomed, looming, looms

verb

loomed, looming, looms

To weave on a loom.

Webster's New World

To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image.

American Heritage

To appear, take shape, or come in sight indistinctly as through a mist, esp. in a large, portentous, or threatening form.

Webster's New World

To seem imminent; impend.

Revolution loomed but the aristocrats paid no heed.

American Heritage

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

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

noun

looms

A machine for weaving thread or yarn into cloth.

Webster's New World

A looming appearance, as of a ship in the fog.

Webster's New World

The art of weaving.

Webster's New World

Webster's New World

The part of an oar or paddle between the handle and the blade.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

abbreviation

Loyal Order of Moose.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Loom

Singular:

loom

Plural:

From Middle English lome, from Old English lōma, Ä¡elōma (“tool, utensil, implement, article of furniture, household effect") (also as andlōma, andÄ¡elōma, 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 Ä¡elōme (“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.

From Wiktionary
Middle English lome from Old English gelōma tool ge- collective pref. yclept -lōma tool (as in handlōman tools)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old Norse ljóma (“to shine")

From Wiktionary
Perhaps of Scandinavian origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition