Looming

//ˈluːmɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    gerund of loom: the condition of something that looms or towers. form-of, gerund

    "But if no world exist in the man; if nothing but continents of empty vapour, of greedy self-conceits, commonplace hearsays, and indistinct loomings of a sordid chaos exist in him, what will be the use of 'light' to show us that?"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of loom form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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about to bealready in sightapproachingat handbrewingclose

Example

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"I perceived an object looming through the mist."

Etymology

From loom + -ing.

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