Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to loom
Participle: loomed
Gerund: looming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | loom |
| you | loom |
| he;she;it | looms |
| we | loom |
| you | loom |
| they | loom |
Perfect
| I | have loomed |
| you | have loomed |
| he;she;it | has loomed |
| we | have loomed |
| you | have loomed |
| they | have loomed |
Past
| I | loomed |
| you | loomed |
| he;she;it | loomed |
| we | loomed |
| you | loomed |
| they | loomed |
Pluperfect
| I | had loomed |
| you | had loomed |
| he;she;it | had loomed |
| we | had loomed |
| you | had loomed |
| they | had loomed |
Future
| I | will loom |
| you | will loom |
| he;she;it | will loom |
| we | will loom |
| you | will loom |
| they | will loom |
Future Perfect
| I | will have loomed |
| you | will have loomed |
| he;she;it | will have loomed |
| we | will have loomed |
| you | will have loomed |
| they | will have loomed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | loom |
| you | loom |
| he;she;it | loom |
| we | loom |
| you | loom |
| they | loom |
Perfect
| I | have loomed |
| you | have loomed |
| he;she;it | have loomed |
| we | have loomed |
| you | have loomed |
| they | have loomed |
Imperfect
| I | loomed |
| you | loomed |
| he;she;it | loomed |
| we | loomed |
| you | loomed |
| they | loomed |
Pluperfect
| I | had loomed |
| you | had loomed |
| he;she;it | had loomed |
| we | had loomed |
| you | had loomed |
| they | had loomed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would loom |
| you | would loom |
| he;she;it | would loom |
| we | would loom |
| you | would loom |
| they | would loom |
Perfect
| I | would have loomed |
| you | would have loomed |
| he;she;it | would have loomed |
| we | would have loomed |
| you | would have loomed |
| they | would have loomed |
Imperative
| you | loom |
| we | Let's loom |
| you | loom |
Verbs conjugated like 'loom'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'loom'
bloom,
boom,
cloom,
coom,
doom,
foom,
gloom,
loam,
loo,
loof,
Additional Information
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse ljóma (“to shine, radiate”). Alternatively, perhaps related to Saterland Frisian loomje (“to limp, hobble”), German Low German lahmen (“to limp, hobble”), Swedish loma (“to go slowly”), Middle Dutch loemen (“to wreck, spoil”), Middle High German lüemen (“to become weak, limp, tire”); see English lame. See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'loomje', Swedish '
loma', Middle High German '
lüemen', English '
lame'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and poultry out of all proportion; and others were coiling ropes and busy with oakum yarns; and others were lowering heavy packages into the hold; and the purser 's head was barely visible as it loomed in a state, of exquisite perplexity from the midst of a vast pile of passengers ’ luggage; and there seemed to be nothing going on anywhere, or uppermost in the mind of anybody, but preparations for [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] game; the walls bedecked with rough designs of ships, and forts, and flags, and American eagles out of number: ruined houses, open to the street, whence, through wide gaps in the walls, other ruins loom upon the eye, as though the world of vice and misery had nothing else to show: hideous tenements which take their name from robbery and murder: all that is loathsome, drooping, and decayed is here.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] a rousing fire which they were just quitting, stopped there to refresh. And very pleasant the fire was; for, hot though it had been yesterday, it was quite cold to-day, and the wind blew keenly. Looming in the distance, as we rode along, was another of the ancient Indian burial-places, called The Monks ’ Mound; in memory of a body of fanatics of the order of La Trappe, who founded a desolate [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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When all these means of entertainment failed, a sail would heave in sight: looming, perhaps, the very spirit of a ship, in the misty distance, or passing us so close that through our glasses we could see the people on her decks, and easily make out her name, and whither she was [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)