Word Meaning

Meaning of looms

- See Loon, the bird.
- 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.
- That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
- To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high.
- To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
- The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.

Crossword clue for looms

- Appear
- Appear indistinctly
- Come into view
- Machine for weaving
- Weaving apparatus
- Weaving machine
- weaving tool
- Appears menacingly
- endangers
- Gets ominously nearer
- Hangs (over)
- Hovers threateningly
- Machines for cloth-making
- Machines for weaving
- Towers over
- Towers over weaving frames
- Weavers tools
- Weaving machines
- What weavers use menacingly, hangs over