verb, noun
verb [V]
1 [usually +adv./prep.] to appear as a large shape that is not clear, especially in a frightening or threatening way:
A dark shape loomed up ahead of us.
2 to appear important or threatening and likely to happen soon:
Food shortages loom in some parts of Africa.
IDIOMS
loom large to be worrying or frightening and seem hard to avoid:
The prospect of war loomed large.
noun a machine for weaving fabric
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for loom is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does loom appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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