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loop
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- pronunciation:
- lup
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
the circular shape made when a piece of string, ribbon, wire, rope, or the like is curved back toward itself.
- similar words:
- arc, bend, bow, circle, coil, curl, ring, spiral, whorl
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definition 2: |
something that has this shape, such as a ring of metal or fabric, a circling line drawn on paper, or a path or road that curves around on itself.
The jacket has a loop so that you can easily hang it on a hook.The hiking trail makes a large loop.- similar words:
- bow, circle, circuit, coil, curl, noose, ring, roll, whorl
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definition 3: |
a maneuver in which an airplane is flown in a circle on a vertical plane.
The stunt pilot performed some amazing loops. |
definition 4: |
a set of instructions that a computer program executes repeatedly until a certain condition is met.
- similar words:
- feedback
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related words: |
link, turn |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
loops, looping, looped |
definition 1: |
to make or shape into a loop or loops.
She looped her shoelaces and tied them into a bow.- synonyms:
- coil, twist
- similar words:
- curl, ring, roll, spiral, wreathe
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definition 2: |
to make a loop or loops in or around.
The pilot looped the airport twice before landing.- similar words:
- curl, encircle, hoop, kink, ring, twist, wind, wrap
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definition 3: |
to attach or fasten with a loop or loops (often fol. by "up").
She looped up the curtains with gold braid.- similar words:
- fasten, hitch, hoop, noose, secure, tie
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definition 4: |
to fly (an airplane) in a loop or sequence of loops.
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related words: |
circle, link |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to form a loop or loops.
- synonyms:
- coil, curl
- similar words:
- kink, ring, roll, spiral, twist
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definition 2: |
to move by forming a series of loops, as inchworms do.
- similar words:
- curl, ring, spiral
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definition 3: |
to fly an airplane in a loop or sequence of loops.
- similar words:
- circle, ring
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related words: |
bend, wind |
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