Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to loom ahead
Participle: loomed ahead
Gerund: looming ahead
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | loom ahead |
| you | loom ahead |
| he;she;it | looms ahead |
| we | loom ahead |
| you | loom ahead |
| they | loom ahead |
Perfect
| I | have loomed ahead |
| you | have loomed ahead |
| he;she;it | has loomed ahead |
| we | have loomed ahead |
| you | have loomed ahead |
| they | have loomed ahead |
Past
| I | loomed ahead |
| you | loomed ahead |
| he;she;it | loomed ahead |
| we | loomed ahead |
| you | loomed ahead |
| they | loomed ahead |
Pluperfect
| I | had loomed ahead |
| you | had loomed ahead |
| he;she;it | had loomed ahead |
| we | had loomed ahead |
| you | had loomed ahead |
| they | had loomed ahead |
Future
| I | will loom ahead |
| you | will loom ahead |
| he;she;it | will loom ahead |
| we | will loom ahead |
| you | will loom ahead |
| they | will loom ahead |
Future Perfect
| I | will have loomed ahead |
| you | will have loomed ahead |
| he;she;it | will have loomed ahead |
| we | will have loomed ahead |
| you | will have loomed ahead |
| they | will have loomed ahead |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | loom ahead |
| you | loom ahead |
| he;she;it | loom ahead |
| we | loom ahead |
| you | loom ahead |
| they | loom ahead |
Perfect
| I | have loomed ahead |
| you | have loomed ahead |
| he;she;it | have loomed ahead |
| we | have loomed ahead |
| you | have loomed ahead |
| they | have loomed ahead |
Imperfect
| I | loomed ahead |
| you | loomed ahead |
| he;she;it | loomed ahead |
| we | loomed ahead |
| you | loomed ahead |
| they | loomed ahead |
Pluperfect
| I | had loomed ahead |
| you | had loomed ahead |
| he;she;it | had loomed ahead |
| we | had loomed ahead |
| you | had loomed ahead |
| they | had loomed ahead |
Conditional
Present
| I | would loom ahead |
| you | would loom ahead |
| he;she;it | would loom ahead |
| we | would loom ahead |
| you | would loom ahead |
| they | would loom ahead |
Perfect
| I | would have loomed ahead |
| you | would have loomed ahead |
| he;she;it | would have loomed ahead |
| we | would have loomed ahead |
| you | would have loomed ahead |
| they | would have loomed ahead |
Imperative
| you | loom ahead |
| we | Let's loom ahead |
| you | loom ahead |
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)