loom
A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in generalA utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
» A silhouette loomed in the window.
В окне маячил чей-то силуэт.
Meaning
5 sensesA utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
heirloom, workloom
Werkzeug, Utensil, Artikel
средствоsredstvo, устройствоustrojstvo, инструментinstrument
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 the distaff.
Webstuhl
тка́цкий стано́кtkáckij stanók, кро́снаkrósna
тка́цький верста́тtkácʹkyj verstát, кро́снаkrósna
The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade; the shaft.
Schaft
черенокčerenok
(dated)Loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
(intransitive)A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.
- a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
Examples
31 sentencesA silhouette loomed in the window.
ruВ окне маячил чей-то силуэт.
The fear of failure looms over me.
I perceived an object looming through the mist.
The impending examination loomed large in her mind.
ruПредстоящий экзамен не давал ей покоя.
deDas anstehende Examen gab ihr keine Ruhe.
Many good grades will loom on the horizon.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lome, from Old English *lōma, ġelōma (“tool, utensil, implement, articFrom Middle English lome, from Old English *lōma, ġelōma (“tool, utensil, implement, article of furniture, household effect”) (also as andlōma, andġelōma, andlama (“utensil, instrument, implement, tool, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *lōmō, *lamō (“tool, utensil”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Dutch alaam, allaam (“tool, household ware or good, appliance”), from Middle Dutch andlame. Perhaps originally meaning "a thing of frequent use, thing repeatedly needed", in which case, akin to Old English ġelōme (“often, frequently, continually, repeatedly”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *lōmiz, *lōmijaz (“lame, halt”), from Proto-Indo-European *lem- (“to break, soften”).
Shetland dialect, denoting a diver or guillemot, from Old Norse lómr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to howl”) (expressive root).
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse ljóma (“to shine, radiate”). Alternatively, perhaps related to Saterland Frisian loomje (“to limp, hobble”), German Low German lahmen (“to limp, hobble”), Swedish loma (“to go slowly”), Middle Dutch loemen (“to wreck, spoil”), Middle High German lüemen (“to become weak, limp, tire”); see English lame.
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