Definition of loom

"loom" in the noun sense

1. loom

a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile

"loom" in the verb sense

1. loom

come into view indistinctly, often threateningly

"Another air plane loomed into the sky"

2. loom, tower, predominate, hulk

appear very large or occupy a commanding position

"The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"

"Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"

3. brood, hover, loom, bulk large

hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

"The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"

4. loom

weave on a loom

"materials loomed in Egypt"

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Quotations for loom

Thus at Time's humming loom I ply. [ Goethe ]

Steady work turns genius to a loom. [ George Eliot ]

And be the thread of coarse or fine,
The loom is still the best receiver!
Whatever I spin, the same is mine.
Returned in full from Time the Weaver. [ Henry Reed ]

He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its Cause. [ Beecher ]

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops; and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up tomorrow. [ Henry Ward Beecher ]

Men are what their mothers made them; you may as well ask a loom which weaves huckaback, wiry it does not make cashmere, as expect poetry from this engineer, or a chemical discovery from that jobber. [ R. W. Emerson ]

Earth has scarcely an acre that does not remind us of actions that have long preceded our own, and its clustering tombstones loom up like reefs of the eternal shore, to show us where so many human barks have struck and gone down. [ Chapin ]

It seems strange that a butterfly's wing should be woven up so thin and gauzy in the monstrous loom of nature, and be so delicately tipped with fire from such a gross hand, and rainbowed all over in such a storm of thunderous elements. The marvel is that such great forces do such nice work. [ Theodore Parker ]

Poetical taste is the only magician whose wand is not broken. No hand, except its own, can dissolve the fabric of beauty in which it dwells. Genii, unknown to Arabian fable, wait at the portal. Whatever is most precious from the loom or the mine of fancy is poured at its feet. Love, purified by contemplation, visits and cheers it; unseen musicians are heard in the dark; it is Psyche in the palace of Cupid. [ Willmott ]

loom in Scrabble®

The word loom is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters loom:

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loom in Words With Friends™

The word loom is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters loom:

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Words within the letters of loom

3 letter words in loom (2 words)

4 letter words in loom (1 word)

loom + 1 blank (3 words)

Word Growth involving loom

Shorter words in loom

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Longer words containing loom

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bloom bloomed outbloomed

bloom bloomed rebloomed

bloom bloomed unbloomed

bloom bloomer bloomers everbloomers

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