looming

loom ¹

 (lo͞om)

intr.v. loomed, loom·ing, looms

1. To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image: "I faced the icons that loomed through the veil of incense" (Fergus M. Bordewich). See Synonyms at appear.

2. To appear to the mind in a magnified and threatening form: "Stalin looms over the whole human tragedy of 1930-1933" (Robert Conquest).

3. To seem imminent; impend: Revolution loomed but the aristocrats paid no heed.

n.

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

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[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

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loom ²

 (lo͞om)

n.

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

tr.v. loomed, loom·ing, looms

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

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[Middle English lome, from Old English gelōma, tool : ge-, collective pref.; see yclept + -lōma, tool (as in handlōman, tools).]

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looming

(ˈluːm ɪŋ)

adj

imminent

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Translations

looming

[ˈluːmɪŋ] ADJ [danger] → que amenaza, inminente

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