loom

loom1 [ lum ] verb intransitive

1. ) if something unpleasant or difficult looms, it seems likely to happen soon:

The administration is playing down the notion that a crisis is looming.

negotiations to prevent a looming trade war

2. ) loom above/over/up/out of to appear as a large shape that is not clear, usually in a threatening way:

Suddenly the mountains loomed up out of the mist.

loom large

1. ) to have a lot of importance or influence over someone or something:

America loomed large in Hashimoto's early life.

2. ) if something unpleasant or difficult looms large, it seems certain to happen:

This episode finds him deep in depression as divorce looms large.

loom

loom 2 [ lum ] noun count

a machine used for weaving cloth