Loomed vs Looped - What's the difference?
loomed | looped |
(loom)
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.
* Rambler
That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock
to impend; to threaten or hang over.
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To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
* J. M. Mason
(loop)
having loops
formed into a loop
(of part of a fingerprint) whorled
(slang) drunk
As verbs the difference between loomed and looped
is that loomed is past tense of loom while looped is past tense of loop.As an adjective looped is
having loops.loomed
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*loom
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lome, from (etyl) . See (l).Noun
(en noun)- Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.
Derived terms
* hand loom * power loomEtymology 2
Etymology 3
From (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- The clouds loomed over the mountains.
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- On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.