loom

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

I. loom¹ (lo͞om)intr.v. loomed, loom·ing, looms
1. To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image: “I faced the icons that loomed through the veil of incense” (Fergus M. Bordewich). See Synonyms at appear.
2. To appear to the mind in a magnified and threatening form: “Stalin looms over the whole human tragedy of 1930-1933” (Robert Conquest).
3. To seem imminent; impend:
Revolution loomed but the aristocrats paid no heed.n.
A distorted, threatening appearance of something, as through fog or darkness. [Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.] II. loom² (lo͞om)n.
An apparatus for making thread or yarn into cloth by weaving strands together at right angles.tr.v. loomed, loom·ing, looms
To weave (a tapestry, for example) on a loom. [Middle English lome, from Old English gelōma, tool : ge-, collective pref.; see yclept + -lōma, tool (as in handlōman, tools).]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  brood, hover, bulk large, tower, predominate, hulk