loom
🇺🇸
/luːm/
🇬🇧
/luːm/
intransitive verb
C1
to appear as a large, unclear shape, often in a scary way
A dark shape loomed ahead of us in the fog.
C1
to seem serious and about to happen soon
A big problem seems to loom on the horizon.
noun
R
a machine that makes cloth by weaving threads together
The weaver used a loom to create beautiful fabrics.
translation
to appear as a large, unclear shape, often in a scary way; to seem serious and about to happen soon
a machine that makes cloth by weaving threads together
Word Forms
3rd Present
looms
Progressive
looming
Past
loomed
Plural
looms
Perfect
loomed