Loom
verb
To appear large or scary.
The mountain loomed in front of us
Often appears as...
- loomed large
- loomed over
verb
To be likely to happen soon.
Exams loomed in the near future
Often appears as...
- exams loomed
- deadline loomed
noun
A device for making cloth.
She used a loom to make her own clothes
Often appears as...
- hand loom
- power loom
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To appear large or scary.
The mountain loomed in front of us
Often appears as...
- loomed large
- loomed over
verb
To be likely to happen soon.
Exams loomed in the near future
Often appears as...
- exams loomed
- deadline loomed
noun
A device for making cloth.
She used a loom to make her own clothes
Often appears as...
- hand loom
- power loom
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Intensity
The word 'loom' creates a visual impact, emphasizing size or threat.
Dark clouds loomed above us menacingly.
Pro Tip 2/3Imposing Presence
Use 'loom' to describe something that feels dominant or unavoidable in a space.
The castle loomed over the small village.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
'Loom' can evoke feelings of anxiety or anticipation when facing something significant.
The final match loomed, and the players felt nervous.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Intensity
The word 'loom' creates a visual impact, emphasizing size or threat.
Dark clouds loomed above us menacingly.
Pro Tip 2/3Imposing Presence
Use 'loom' to describe something that feels dominant or unavoidable in a space.
The castle loomed over the small village.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
'Loom' can evoke feelings of anxiety or anticipation when facing something significant.
The final match loomed, and the players felt nervous.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Intensity
The word 'loom' creates a visual impact, emphasizing size or threat.
Dark clouds loomed above us menacingly.
Pro Tip 2/3Imposing Presence
Use 'loom' to describe something that feels dominant or unavoidable in a space.
The castle loomed over the small village.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
'Loom' can evoke feelings of anxiety or anticipation when facing something significant.
The final match loomed, and the players felt nervous.
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Courtney Martin:...
I was listening to the soothing sound of her voice, but I think I was also getting my first lesson in activist work. The activists I interviewed had nothing in common, literally, except for one thing, which was that they all cited their mothers as their most looming and important activist influences.
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Why do we see illusions?...
because they're just static images on the page, they're not changing like in real life. And let me just end by showing one illusion here. If I can, I'll quickly show two. This one's fun. If you just fixate at the middle there, and make stabbing motions with your head, looming towards it like this.
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A bold idea to replace...
And in those autonomous looms, he gained control. He could now make fabrics that were more complex and more sophisticated than the ones they were able to do by hand. But also, by winning that industrial war, he laid out what has become the blueprint of automation.
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What is verbal irony? -...
But if the weather is horrible, the clouds are looming, and the wind is a raging tempest, and someone says, "Great weather we're having," he probably doesn't actually mean that. He probably means that the weather is horrible, but he has said the opposite.
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A day in the life of an...
and pouring libations for the goddess of wisdom. Pheidias spends the rest of the day designing finishing touches for the statue, and as the light fades, the epistatai arrive to confront him. After looming over his records, they look up triumphantly.
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The myth of Arachne -...
weaving them into flowing fabric, and creating magnificent tapestries. People flocked to watch her hands flying across her loom, as if thread sprung directly from her fingertips. But as praise for her work grew, so did her pride.
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Computing with fluids PIPE...
to emulate any computer in the world any classical computer so it's not just fun and games here if you think about the history of computation all the way from the jacquard looms to the Babbage machines to every single electronic
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The World's Smallest...
with the prospect of extinction already looming in 1996 the Sumatran rhino sanctuary was founded in the rain forests of Indonesia to help try and save the species because my final numbers are getting decreased over the
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Why should you read...
In his telling, life’s biggest questions loom large, even in the smallest details. Like his narrator, Melville was a restless and curious spirit, who gained an unorthodox education working as a sailor
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Killer Whale vs. Sea...
only this drama has a big surprise ending right now these adorable sea lion pups are protected by a reef that looms up during low tide when the tide rises
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Courtney Martin:...
I was listening to the soothing sound of her voice, but I think I was also getting my first lesson in activist work. The activists I interviewed had nothing in common, literally, except for one thing, which was that they all cited their mothers as their most looming and important activist influences.
Video examples
Why do we see illusions?...
because they're just static images on the page, they're not changing like in real life. And let me just end by showing one illusion here. If I can, I'll quickly show two. This one's fun. If you just fixate at the middle there, and make stabbing motions with your head, looming towards it like this.
Video examples
A bold idea to replace...
And in those autonomous looms, he gained control. He could now make fabrics that were more complex and more sophisticated than the ones they were able to do by hand. But also, by winning that industrial war, he laid out what has become the blueprint of automation.
Video examples
What is verbal irony? -...
But if the weather is horrible, the clouds are looming, and the wind is a raging tempest, and someone says, "Great weather we're having," he probably doesn't actually mean that. He probably means that the weather is horrible, but he has said the opposite.
Video examples
A day in the life of an...
and pouring libations for the goddess of wisdom. Pheidias spends the rest of the day designing finishing touches for the statue, and as the light fades, the epistatai arrive to confront him. After looming over his records, they look up triumphantly.
Video examples
The myth of Arachne -...
weaving them into flowing fabric, and creating magnificent tapestries. People flocked to watch her hands flying across her loom, as if thread sprung directly from her fingertips. But as praise for her work grew, so did her pride.
Video examples
Computing with fluids PIPE...
to emulate any computer in the world any classical computer so it's not just fun and games here if you think about the history of computation all the way from the jacquard looms to the Babbage machines to every single electronic
Video examples
The World's Smallest...
with the prospect of extinction already looming in 1996 the Sumatran rhino sanctuary was founded in the rain forests of Indonesia to help try and save the species because my final numbers are getting decreased over the
Video examples
Why should you read...
In his telling, life’s biggest questions loom large, even in the smallest details. Like his narrator, Melville was a restless and curious spirit, who gained an unorthodox education working as a sailor
Video examples
Killer Whale vs. Sea...
only this drama has a big surprise ending right now these adorable sea lion pups are protected by a reef that looms up during low tide when the tide rises
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives; who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves?
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Lois Lowry
American Writer
What comes to me always is a character, a scene, a moment. That's going to be the beginning. Then, as I write, I begin to perceive an ending. I begin to see a destination, although sometimes that changes. And then, of course, there's the whole middle section looming.
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Karen Thompson Walker
Author
Feeling earthquakes was part of growing up, and also preparing for them: doing earthquake drills, or having earthquake supplies. The looming feeling was part of my life. My experience of earthquakes has always been more the fear of them, or the possibility.
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Raghuram Rajan
Indian Economist
Perhaps the hardest challenge has been to persuade the public, impatient for rapid growth, of the need to ensure stability first. Growth, it is argued, is always more important, regardless of the looming economic risks.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
The reason why time plays a great part in so many of my tales is that this element looms up in my mind as the most profoundly dramatic and grimly terrible thing in the universe.
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Marcus Garvey
Jamaican Publisher
Africa has become the big game of the nation hunters. Today, Africa looms as the greatest commercial, industrial and political prize in the world.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.
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William Ellery Channing
American Writer
He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
Enhancing fabric production will also lead to strengthening the power loom sector.
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Markus Persson
Swedish Businessman
I feel there is this looming cloud over my life.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives; who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves?
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Lois Lowry
American Writer
What comes to me always is a character, a scene, a moment. That's going to be the beginning. Then, as I write, I begin to perceive an ending. I begin to see a destination, although sometimes that changes. And then, of course, there's the whole middle section looming.
Quote examples
Karen Thompson Walker
Author
Feeling earthquakes was part of growing up, and also preparing for them: doing earthquake drills, or having earthquake supplies. The looming feeling was part of my life. My experience of earthquakes has always been more the fear of them, or the possibility.
Quote examples
Raghuram Rajan
Indian Economist
Perhaps the hardest challenge has been to persuade the public, impatient for rapid growth, of the need to ensure stability first. Growth, it is argued, is always more important, regardless of the looming economic risks.
Quote examples
H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
The reason why time plays a great part in so many of my tales is that this element looms up in my mind as the most profoundly dramatic and grimly terrible thing in the universe.
Quote examples
Marcus Garvey
Jamaican Publisher
Africa has become the big game of the nation hunters. Today, Africa looms as the greatest commercial, industrial and political prize in the world.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.
Quote examples
William Ellery Channing
American Writer
He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
Enhancing fabric production will also lead to strengthening the power loom sector.
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Markus Persson
Swedish Businessman
I feel there is this looming cloud over my life.
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