(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If something ~s over you, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way.
...the bleak mountains that ~ed out of the blackness and towered around us.
VERB: V prep/adv, also V
2.
If a worrying or threatening situation or event is ~ing, it seems likely to happen soon. (JOURNALISM)
Another government spending crisis is ~ing in the United States...
The threat of renewed civil war ~s ahead.
...the ~ing threat of recession.
VERB: V, V adv/prep, V-ing
3.
A ~ is a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth.
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