Synonyms of the word

loom

• n. A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
• n. A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for…
• n. The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft.
• n. (dated) loon (bird of order Gaviformes).
• v. to impend; to threaten or hang over.
• v. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.

appear

• v. (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
• v. (intransitive) To come before the public.
• v. (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge,…
• v. (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation…
• v. (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

brood

• n. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same…
• n. (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
• n. The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together…
• n. The children in one family.
• n. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
• n. (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
• v. (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
• v. (transitive) To protect.
• v. (intransitive) To dwell upon moodily and at length (with adpositions generally being either about or over).

hang

• v. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
• v. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
• v. (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to…
• v. (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, or the like.
• v. (transitive, law) To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
• v. (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised…
• v. (intransitive, informal) To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
• v. (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
• v. (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
• v. (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
• v. (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must…
• v. (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard and mouse.
• v. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
• v. (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
• v. (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
• v. (transitive, baseball, slang) Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
• n. The way in which something hangs.
• n. (figuratively) A grip, understanding.
• n. (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices.
• n. A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
• n. (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap, processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
• n. Alternative spelling of Hang.

hover

• v. To float in the air.
• v. To linger in one place.
• v. To waver, or be uncertain.
• v. (computing) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
• n. A cover; a shelter; a protection.

hulk

• n. a non-functional, but floating ship, usually stripped of rigging and equipment, and often put to other…
• n. (archaic) any large ship that is difficult to maneuver.
• n. A big (and possibly clumsy) person.
• n. (bodybuilding): An excessively muscled person.
• v. To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.

lift

• n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
• n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To raise or rise.
• v. (transitive, slang) To steal. (for this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic…
• v. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.).
• v. (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
• v. (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
• v. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
• v. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
• v. (obsolete) To bear; to support.
• v. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
• v. (computing, programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
• n. An act of lifting or raising.
• n. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
• n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between…
• n. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
• n. (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated…
• n. (historical slang) A thief.
• n. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
• n. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
• n. an improvement in mood.
• n. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
• n. A rise; a degree of elevation.
• n. A lift gate.
• n. (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or…
• n. (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
• n. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
• n. (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

look

• v. (intransitive, often with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
• v. To appear, to seem.
• v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
• v. (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
• v. To face or present a view.
• v. To expect or anticipate.
• v. (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
• v. (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
• v. (dated, sometimes figuratively) To show oneself in looking.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To expect.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
• v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
• interj. Pay attention.
• n. The action of looking, an attempt to see.
• n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
• n. A facial expression.

predominate

• v. (intransitive) To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
• v. (intransitive) To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
• v. (transitive) To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.
• adj. Predominant.

rear

• v. (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster. ("Raise" is more…
• v. (transitive, said of people towards animals) To breed and raise. (Less common than "raise" in American…
• v. (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs.
• v. (intransitive, usually with "up") To get angry.
• v. (intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.
• v. (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
• v. (transitive, rare) To construct by building; to set up.
• v. (transitive, rare) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To lift and take up.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To rouse; to strip up.
• v. (transitive) To move; stir.
• v. (transitive, of geese) To carve.
• v. (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life).
• adj. (now chiefly dialectal) (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
• adj. (chiefly US) (of meats) Rare.
• adj. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost.
• adv. (Britain, dialect) early; soon.
• n. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
• n. (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
• n. (anatomy) The buttocks, a creature's bottom.
• v. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
• v. (transitive, vulgar, Britain) To sodomize (perform anal sex).

rise

• v. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
• v. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
• v. To begin; to develop.
• v. (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
• v. (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
• v. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
• v. To come; to offer itself.
• v. (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any…
• n. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
• n. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
• n. (chiefly Britain) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
• n. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
• n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
• n. (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
• n. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it;…
• n. (informal) An angry reaction.
• n. Alternative form of rice (“twig”).

seem

• v. (copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
• v. (obsolete) To befit; to beseem.

tower

• n. A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite,…
• n. A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires,…
• n. A water tower.
• n. A control tower.
• n. Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.
• n. (figuratively) Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.
• n. (informal) An interlocking tower.
• n. (figuratively) A strong refuge; a defence.
• n. (historical) A tall fashionable headdress.
• n. (obsolete) High flight; elevation.
• n. The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, deemed an ill omen.
• v. (intransitive) To be very tall.
• v. (intransitive) To be high or lofty; to soar.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To soar into.
• n. One who tows.