looms

A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.

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.

The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft.

Loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)

A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.

To appear indistinctly, eg. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.

“The clouds loomed over the mountains.”

To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; to be imminent.

To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.