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say it: loom
loom is a verb and noun meaning "come into view indistinctly, often threateningly". It carries 5 recorded senses.
appear very large or occupy a commanding position
“The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain”
“Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall”
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
“The terrible vision brooded over her all day long”
a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for loom come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.