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| loom | |
| 1. n. A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general. |  |
| heirloom, workloom | |
| 2. n. 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. | |
| 3. n. The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft. | |
| 4. n. (dated) loon (bird of order Gaviiformes) | |
| 5. v. to impend; to threaten or hang over. | |
| The clouds loomed over the mountains. | |
| 6. v. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense. | |
