LOOM


Meaning of LOOM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lu:m ]

( looms, looming, loomed)

1.

If something looms over you, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way.

...the bleak mountains that loomed out of the blackness and towered around us.

VERB : V prep / adv , also V

2.

If a worrying or threatening situation or event is looming , it seems likely to happen soon. ( JOURNALISM )

Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States...

The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.

...the looming threat of recession.

VERB : V , V adv / prep , V-ing

3.

A loom is a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth.

N-COUNT

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