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LOOM

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Traducere în limba română

loom¹ substantiv

1. (text.) război de ţesut; gherghef.

2. mânerul vâslei.

3. (scoţ.) unealtă, instrument.

4. (scoţ.) vas deschis; găleată; şiştar.

loom² verb intranzitiv

1. a se ivi, a se arăta, a se desprinde; a se desemna vag / nedesluşit sau ameninţător.

2. (fig.) a se desena / a se întrevedea la orizont.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

It threw a livid, unnatural circle upon the floor, while in the shadows beyond we saw the vague loom of two figures which crouched against the wall.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As, in his puppyhood, the looming bulks of the tepees, man-reared, had affected him as manifestations of power, so was he affected now by the houses and the huge fort all of massive logs.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

She lent wings to his imagination, and great, luminous canvases spread themselves before him whereon loomed vague, gigantic figures of love and romance, and of heroic deeds for woman's sake—for a pale woman, a flower of gold.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

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