OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14666

loom

/luːm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
artículo • herramienta • utensilio
A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
heirloom, workloom
tejedora • telar • tricotosa
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.
January 8, 1751, Samuel Johnson, "The Mischiefs of Total Idleness" in The Rambler Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and…
caña
The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade; the shaft.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 14667

loom

/luːm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
avecinarse • cernerse • manifestarse • mascarse • surgir
To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; (of a person or thing) to tower; (of an idea) to impressively or intimidatingly occupy the mind; (of an event) to be imminent.
In the meantime, SWR staff have warned privately that an acute shortage of rolling stock is looming, because the new trains are not ready.
With no extra-time to be played and penalties looming, the Portuguese winger pounced on some hesitant City defending to run on to a Wayne Rooney clearance, round Joe Hart and slot…