to loom

Examples

• All

• The first contained weavers who worked looms in their homes.

  Academic text (2001)

• The Manufacture began weaving on basse-lisse looms, and in 1979 added eight haute-lisse looms to its workshop.

  Academic text (2002)

• I mean, just pick out the colors and then thread that loom by feeling out the shades.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The artisan decided to loom a beautiful tapestry for the festival.

• She learned how to loom intricate patterns with colorful threads.

• He watched carefully as the fabric began to loom on the machine.

Synonyms

I

to inweave

vsto loom

9.9

To put threads or parts into something by crossing them to make a pattern

uses a fixed frame to produce fabric by interlacing threads

Antonyms

U

to unravel

38 4.3

To come apart into threads, like a rope or cloth

D

to disassemble

19 3.8

To take something apart into separate pieces

Phrasal Verbs

L

to loom large

11 7.3

To seem very important or threatening and affect people's thoughts

L

to loom on the horizon

3 6.8

To seem likely to happen soon and cause worry

Compounds

P

power loom

• Specialized

1 5.1

A machine that weaves cloth using power instead of hands

C

carpet loom

• Specialized

5.9

A machine for weaving carpets and rugs

F

figured-fabric loom

• Specialized

9.6

A machine that weaves cloth with decorative patterns

F

figure loom

• Specialized

9.9

A machine that weaves cloth with patterns or pictures

L

low-warp loom

• Specialized

9.3

A hand frame for weaving tapestry with the long threads set horizontally

H

high-warp loom

• Specialized

9.9

A hand tool for weaving where the threads hang up and down to make pictures or designs on cloth

J

Jacquard loom

• Specialized

9.2

A machine for weaving cloth that makes complex patterns automatically

How Decorative

Jacquard loom

• Specialized

9.2

figured-fabric loom

• Specialized

9.6

to loom

4 6.3

Surface Forms

Etymology