Loom

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Loom

Loom : தறி

Loom : தறி

Loom : தறி

Loom definition

Noun.

  1. See Loon, the bird.
  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.
  3. That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
  4. The state of looming; Especially., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, Especially. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high.
  2. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.