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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image: synonym: appear.
• intransitive verb To appear to the mind in a magnified and threatening form.
• intransitive verb To seem imminent; impend.
• noun A distorted, threatening appearance of something, as through fog or darkness.
• noun An apparatus for making thread or yarn into cloth by weaving strands together at right angles.
• transitive verb To weave (a tapestry, for example) on a loom.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A coming indistinctly or vaguely into view; also, the indistinct or unnaturally enlarged appearance of anything, as land, seen at a distance or through a fog. See looming.
• noun The track of a fish.
• To put into or adjust in a loom.
• noun A utensil; a tool; a weapon; an article in general: now used only in composition, as in heir-loom, workloom, etc. See heirloom.
• noun A machine for weaving any fabric from yarn or thread.
• noun The part of an oar between the blade and the handle; the shaft.
• noun A chimney.
• To shine.
• Specifically To appear indistinctly; come dimly into view, as from below the horizon or through a mist; rise up before the vision so as to give the impression of indistinct bulk or largeness: stand out prominently in the prospect: often used figuratively.
• noun A loon. See loon.
• noun A guillemot.
• To weave.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun 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.
• noun (Naut.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
• intransitive verb To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences
• intransitive verb To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
• intransitive verb To become imminent; to impend.
• noun The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.
• noun (Zoöl.) See loon, the bird.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
• noun 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
• noun That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock
• verb to impend; to threaten or hang over
• noun dated loon (bird of order Gaviformes)

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
• verb weave on a loom
• verb hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
• noun a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
• verb appear very large or occupy a commanding position