loom

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.

   “heirloom, workloom”

2. isim 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.

   “January 8, 1751, Samuel Johnson, "The Mischiefs of Total Idleness" in The Rambler Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.”

3. isim The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade; the shaft.
4. isim loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
5. fiil To appear indistinctly, e.g. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.

   “The clouds loomed over the mountains.”

6. fiil To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; (of a person or thing) to tower; (of an idea) to impressively or intimidatingly occupy the mind; (of an event) to be imminent.

   “With no extra-time to be played and penalties looming, the Portuguese winger pounced on some hesitant City defending to run on to a Wayne Rooney clearance, round Joe Hart and slot home.”

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

   “On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.”

8. isim A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.