Definition of Loom

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Definition of Loom

Loom

See Loon, the bird.

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.

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

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; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high.

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

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.

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Loom Quotations

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.
Henry Ward Beecher

Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go.
Fred Rogers

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.
William Ellery Channing

My favorite designers are Levi Strauss and Fruit of the Loom.
Robin Wright Penn

Loom Translations

loom in Dutch is weefgetouw
loom in German is sich abzeichnen, undeutlich erkennen
loom in Norwegian is vevstol
loom in Portuguese is tear
loom in Spanish is telar

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