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Catttt Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Meaning of loom

Does "loom" in the following context mean "has appeared in a threatening way" and "is placed in a threatening way"?

Context:
In Gary Baseman’s The Dance (2002), a small oil painting, a masked grey figure dances with a smiling grey skeleton as pink and red, triple-headed insects buzz about them, and a flying black cat looms overhead against a sunshine-coloured patterned background.

  

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loom : Appear as a shadowy form, especially one that is large or threatening. com/definition/us/loom )

  • loom : Appear as a shadowy form, especially one that is large or threatening.
  • com/definition/us/loom )
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loom: Appear as a shadowy form, especially one that is large or threatening.

(https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/loom)

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