| word | loom |
|---|---|
| definition | verb If something looms over you, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way. Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone. ...the bleak mountains that loomed out of the blackness and towered around us. If a worrying or threatening situation or event is looming, it seems likely to happen soon . Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States. The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead. ...the looming threat of recession. noun A loom is a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth. |
| inflections | loomsloomingloomed |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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