different between loom vs toom

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lu?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /lum/
• Rhymes: -u?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English lome, from Old English l?ma, ?el?ma (“tool, utensil, implement, article of furniture, household effect”) (also as andl?ma, and?el?ma, andl?ma (“utensil, instrument, implement, tool, vessel”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Dutch allame (“tool”). Perhaps originally meaning "a thing of frequent use", in which case, akin to Old English ?el?me (“often, frequently, continually, repeatedly”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *l?miz, *l?mijaz (“lame, halt”), from Proto-Indo-European *lem- (“to break, soften”). Compare Old High German giluomo, kil?mo (“often, frequently”), Old English lama (“lame”). See lame.

Noun

loom (plural looms)

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

   heirloom, workloom

2. 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.
   • January 8, 1751, Samuel Johnson, "The Mischiefs of Total Idleness" in The Rambler

     Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.

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

Derived terms

• backstrap loom
• handloom
• heirloom
• power loom
• workloom

Translations

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

loom (plural looms)

1. (dated) loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Translations

Etymology 3

From Old Norse ljóma (“to shine”).

Verb

loom (third-person singular simple present looms, present participle looming, simple past and past participle loomed) (intransitive)

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

2. (figuratively) To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; (of a person or thing) to tower; (of an idea) to impressively or intimidatingly occupy the mind; (of an event) to be imminent.
3. (figuratively) To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
   • 1822, John M. Mason, The Evangelical Ministry Exemplified in the Apostle Paul

     On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.

Noun

loom (plural looms)

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

Translations

References

Anagrams

• mool

Dutch

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo?m/
• Rhymes: -o?m

Adjective

loom (comparative lomer, superlative loomst)

1. lazy, pleasantly slow

Inflection

Adverb

loom

1. lazily

Estonian

Etymology

Derived from looma (“to create”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lo?m/
• Hyphenation: loom
• Rhymes: -o?m

Noun

loom (genitive looma, partitive looma)

1. animal
2. (informal) mammal

Declension

Derived terms

• loomaaed
• metsloom

Pnar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lom/

Noun

loom

1. hill

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English t?m (“empty”), from Proto-Germanic *t?maz (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”).

Adjective

toom (comparative more toom, superlative most toom)

1. (rare or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Empty; bare.

Derived terms

• toomly

Noun

toom (plural tooms)

1. (chiefly Scottish) A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.

Verb

toom (third-person singular simple present tooms, present participle tooming, simple past and past participle toomed)

1. (rare or dialectal) To empty; teem.

Etymology 2

From Middle English toom, tome, tom, from Old Norse tóm (“vacant time, leisure”), from Proto-Germanic *t?m? (“vacant time, leisure”). Related to Old Norse tómr (“vacant, empty”).

Noun

toom (usually uncountable, plural tooms)

1. Vacant time, leisure.

References

• “toom” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Anagrams

• MOTO, moot, moto, moto-, tomo-

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *t?m, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz.Doublet with Dutch team, from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to?m/
• Rhymes: -o?m

Noun

toom m or n (plural tomen, diminutive toompje n)

1. bridle, rein

   Je moet die jongens echt even in toom houden - You really need to keep those boys in check

2. a flock of birds (especially ducks, geese and swans)
3. frenulum

Anagrams

• moot

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *toomi, from Proto-Uralic *?ëme.

Noun

toom (genitive toome, partitive toome)

1. bird cherry

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• toomingas