loom

IPA: ɫˈum

A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
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.
The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade; the shaft.
(dated) loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.

To appear indistinctly, e.g. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.
(figurative) 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.
(figurative) To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.

Examples of "loom" in Sentences

As midterm loom, mosque near Ground Zero dominates debate
Life's subtle woof in Nature's loom is wove; their fibres.
(A loom is one of those old timey things they made clothes on.
Would the fact that the firings came in the middle of the president's term loom quite so large?
With the Court on the sidelines, the powers of the president of the Senate will once again loom large.
Her loom is indeed an heirloom, and the simple contrivance is often elaborately carved, it being the pastime of lovers of successive generations to make fresh carving on the fair one's loom.
One end of the loom is fastened to a strong pole lying horizontally, against which the weaver presses her feet, and the other end is held fast by a band round her back; thus her work is kept stretched, and I have stood hours watching her lift the threads, and form – with, to me, deft and bewildering swiftness, as well as surpassing patience – the favourite Tenimber pattern which borders all the garments they make.