looms
Gathers on horizon
Looms covers two distinct words.
A loom is a frame or machine for weaving thread into fabric—the warp threads run lengthwise while the weft crosses through them.
The verb loom means to appear as a large, indistinct, or menacing shape: Storm clouds loomed on the horizon.
By extension, something looms when it seems imminent and threatening: Deadlines loom, war looms.
Short-distance transport
- warpBend from true form
- weftCrosswise loom threads
- treadleFoot-operated lever
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
jacquard · bobbin · spindle · heddle · beater · reed · shed · yarn
Suggesting something bad approaches
- impendingSoon to occur
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- imminentAbout to occur
threatening · danger · peril · dread · anxiety · apprehension · shadow · warning
Of imposing height
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- dominantHaving superior influence
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
massive · hulking · colossal · overshadowing · dwarfing · oversized · formidable · commanding
Become perceptible to sight
- materializeBecome physically present
- emergeCome out into view
- riseMove to higher position
- surfaceOutermost boundary layer
manifest · dawn · reveal · presence · come into view · take shape · form · coalesce
shuttle
Short-distance transport
harness · jacquard · bobbin · spindle · heddle · beater · reed · shed · yarn · textile
ominous
Suggesting something bad approaches
- impendingSoon to occur
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
imminent · threatening · danger · peril · dread · anxiety · apprehension · shadow · warning · crisis
towering
Of imposing height
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- dominantHaving superior influence
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
monumental · massive · hulking · colossal · overshadowing · dwarfing · oversized · formidable · commanding · prominent
appear
Become perceptible to sight
- materializeBecome physically present
- emergeCome out into view
- riseMove to higher position
surface · manifest · dawn · reveal · presence · come into view · take shape · form · coalesce · gather
- cotton textilescotton, cotton gin, cotton mills, cotton yarn, cotton cloth
- mill townmill town, mill, mill workers, mill pond, mill race
- textile museumsspinning wheels, fiber art, needlework, fabric swatches, quilts
- silk millsspindles, weaving, silk thread, raw silk, cocoons
- textilescotton, wool, silk, fabric, thread
- artifactspottery shards, knives, masks, pottery, antiquity
loomsrecedes
Moves gradually away
retreats · withdraws · fades · shrinks · diminishes
loomsvanishes
Ceases to be visible
fades · disappears · melts away · dissolves · blurs
- looms largeAppears imposingly significant
- loomed largeSeemed overwhelmingly significant
- looming largeSeeming huge and unavoidable
- power loomAutomated weaving apparatus
- looming dangerRisk that approaches steadily
- loom bandsSmall rubber loops for weaving