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Loom Noun Luːm  Word Origin Intransitive Shape Frightening

Front loom
Back loom
verb, noun
BrE /luːm/
NAmE /luːm/
verb
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1 [intransitive] (+ 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 [intransitive] to appear important or threatening and likely to happen soon

There was a crisis looming.

ˌloom ˈlarge
to be worrying or frightening and seem hard to avoid
The prospect of war loomed large.
noun
 word origin
a machine for making cloth by twisting threads between other threads which go in a different direction

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