Loop
[luːp] or [lup]
Definition
(noun.) a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane.
(noun.) an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop.
(noun.) a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied.
(noun.) the basic pattern of the human fingerprint.
(noun.) an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan); 'he's no longer in the loop'.
(noun.) anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself).
(verb.) fasten or join with a loop; 'He looped the watch through his belt'.
(verb.) make a loop in; 'loop a rope'.
(verb.) fly loops, perform a loop; 'the stunt pilot looped his plane'.
(verb.) move in loops; 'The bicycle looped around the tree'.
Inputed by Artie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
(n.) A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.
(n.) A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
(n.) A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
(n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.
(n.) The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.
(v. t.) To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
Typist: Lottie
Definition
n. a doubling of a cord chain &c. through which another may pass: an ornamental doubling in fringes.—v.t. to fasten or ornament with loops.—n.pl. Loop′ers the caterpillars of certain moths which move by drawing up the hindpart of their body to the head.—n. Loop′-line a branch from a main line of railway returning to it after making a detour.
n. a small hole in a wall &c. through which small-arms may be fired: a means of escape.—adjs. Looped (Shak.) full of small openings; Loop′holed.—n. Loop′-light a small narrow window.
Typed by Lena
Examples
- Again descending, it brought up another loop, enchained it with the one last made, making a chain stitch, consisting of a series of loops on the upper side. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A very annoying feature until recently has been the losing of the lower film loop, due to poor patching of the film, tearing of the perforations in the films, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Here is the foresight, said he putting his finger upon the little disc and loop of the hat-securer. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The only light was received through one or two loop-holes far above the reach of the captive's hand. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He held up a soup-tin-shaped bomb, with a tape wrapping around a wire loop. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This I overcame with my loop-setter invention. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The lash, however, was curled upon itself and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Again descending, it brought up another loop, enchained it with the one last made, making a chain stitch, consisting of a series of loops on the upper side. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The intervening loops and threads are attached to another frame or heddle, and the two heddles by being worked, one up and the other down, separate the warp threads to form the shed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- At length he came to a great tree, heavy laden with thick foliage and loaded with pendant loops of giant creepers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Rolling it in loops and in dives. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He showed and claimed for the first time the knotting bill, which loops and forms the knot, and the turning cord holder for retaining the end of the cord. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Then the motion of the bar was reversed, which drew the thread back through the cloth in the form of loops, and through the loops first formed, thus producing a chain stitch. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Some of the pots and pans hung by rope loops to the walls. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By certain changes they made in the thread carrier and connections, they were enabled to make a double looped stitch. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- At the far end of the table sat the mother, with her loosely-looped hair. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- These are in many different styles such as narrow bands looped into the edge or in the form of a button fastened through the ear. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She pointed to a wide arch corresponding to the window, and hung like it with a Tyrian-dyed curtain, now looped up. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Every body knows the picture of the Coliseum; every body recognizes at once that looped and windowed band-box with a side bitten out. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He noticed instead how her hair looped in slack, slovenly strands over her rather beautiful ears, which were not quite clean. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Is the point of my mantle in the middle, and have I looped my dress evenly? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Murray