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Antonyms for loom


Grammar : Verb
Spell : loom
Phonetic Transcription : lum



Definition of loom

Origin :
  • weaving machine, Old English geloma "utensil, tool," from ge-, perfective prefix, + -loma, of unknown origin (cf. Old English andloman (plural) "apparatus, furniture"). Originally "implement or tool of any kind" (cf. heirloom); thus, "the penis" (c.1400-1600). Specific meaning "a machine in which yarn or thread is woven into fabric" is from c.1400.
  • verb appear, often imposingly
Example sentences :
  • She pointed to the web of beautifully-woven cloth in the loom.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Instead of diminishing employment, the Jacquard loom increased it at least tenfold.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • In order to see the fresco, I had to get on the top of a loom.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • No, there is nothing in this Work which we can call ours, except it be the Loom.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Before it is ready for the loom, however, there are a number of operations which must be completed.
  • Extract from : « The Fabric of Civilization » by Anonymous
  • Wherever the mutineers had gone to, they no longer rowed in the loom of the gate.
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • To the left, before Tengga's enclosure, the loom of fire had changed into a pillar of smoke.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • And she turned around in the door and went stumping back to her loom.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
  • If for weft, the cops are forthwith taken to the loom, ready for the shuttle.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Cotton Plant » by Frederick Wilkinson
  • Mrs. Walden passed upstairs to throw the shuttle of the loom.
  • Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin

Synonyms for loom

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