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loom
noun[ C ]
us/lum/

loomnoun[C] (DEVICE)

a piece of equipment on which thread is woven into cloth

loom | Business English

loom
verb[ I ]
uk /luːm/us
if an unpleasant event looms, it will probably happen and makes people worry:
Stocks of heating oil are at their lowest levels for years, and another crisis may be looming.
The company is in serious financial trouble, with more debt looming on the horizon.
sth looms over sb/sthThe threat of closure looms over the workforce.
 loom large
if something looms large, it becomes very important and could cause serious problems:
Food retailers became nervous as the threat of a price war loomed large.

Examples of loom

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Textile production was the dominant manufacturing sector, whether measured by employment at spindles and wheels and at looms, or by value of output.
In the second quarter of the nineteenth century perhaps 200,000 weavers left their looms rather than work for so little.
In the 1930s the cloth manufacturers made some attempts to increase the number of power looms per weaver above the standard four.
The appraisers did not invariably specify what type of looms were present in cases where there were two or more.
Most 'poor' weavers owned their own looms, but the few who did not were poor.
From the prices noted for the looms, it appears that the great majority of the forty-two cases involved two broadlooms.
The master weaver with two or more looms was both an independent artisan and an employer of labour.
At the contest, both weavers set up their looms.
However, the fear of busting the curve and causing the other student to fail the course now looms large.
Because a significant portion of the labour force was becoming redundant, pauperization loomed large.
Perspectives looms when we turn to courts rather than regulatory agencies for controls.
However, the threat of oil-dependent nations discovering vast new reserves or developing energy policies that do not rely on fossil fuels looms on the horizon.
What once loomed large has shrunk in significance.
To add to his political troubles, financial bankruptcy loomed.
Weaving families generally owned their own modest houses, their looms and their other tools, though frequently these served as security against debts to moneylenders.
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