loop
Speech parts
1. loop - Noun
2. loop - Verb
3. Loop - Proper noun
Meaning
A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
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.
A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.
The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.
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.
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loop a rope
the solution took hundreds of iterations
he's no longer in the loop
He looped the watch through his belt
the stunt pilot looped his plane
The bicycle looped around the tree