Dictionary entry details
• LOOP (noun)
Meaning:
Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
loop; grummet; grommet; cringle; eyelet
Hypernyms ("loop" is a kind of...):
fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)
Meaning:
Anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("loop" is a kind of...):
Jordan curve; simple closed curve (a closed curve that does not intersect itself)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loop"):
bight (a loop in a rope)
lobe (the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern)
noose; running noose; slip noose (a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled)
drip loop (a downward hanging loop in a line that runs to a building)
belt (endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys)
band (a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else)
Meaning:
(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
iteration; loop
Context example:
the solution took hundreds of iterations
Hypernyms ("loop" is a kind of...):
physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Meaning:
An inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
he's no longer in the loop
Hypernyms ("loop" is a kind of...):
camp; clique; coterie; ingroup; inner circle; pack (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose)
Meaning:
The basic pattern of the human fingerprint
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("loop" is a kind of...):
fingerprint (biometric identification from a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used as evidence in criminal investigations)
Meaning:
A computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("loop" is a kind of...):
computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
Meaning:
The topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
loop topology; loop
Hypernyms ("loop" is a kind of...):
network topology; topology (the configuration of a communication network)
Meaning:
An intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("loop" is a kind of...):
intrauterine device; IUD (contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus)
Meaning:
A complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
closed circuit; loop
Hypernyms ("loop" is a kind of...):
circuit; electric circuit; electrical circuit (an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loop"):
parallel circuit; shunt circuit (a closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit)
Meaning:
A flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
loop-the-loop; loop
Hypernyms ("loop" is a kind of...):
airplane maneuver; flight maneuver (a maneuver executed by an aircraft)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loop"):
inside loop (a loop consisting of a climb followed by inverted flight followed by a dive that returns to horizontal flight)
outside loop (a loop consisting of a dive followed by inverted flight followed by a climb that returns to horizontal flight)
• LOOP (verb)
Meaning:
Move in loops
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The bicycle looped around the tree
Hypernyms (to "loop" is one way to...):
circle; circulate (move in circles)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Make a loop in
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
loop; intertwine
Context example:
loop a rope
Hypernyms (to "loop" is one way to...):
entwine; knit (tie or link together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "loop"):
crochet; hook (make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle)
noose (make a noose in or of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Fly loops, perform a loop
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
the stunt pilot looped his plane
Hypernyms (to "loop" is one way to...):
circle; circulate (move in circles)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Wind around something in coils or loops
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
curl; coil; loop
Hypernyms (to "loop" is one way to...):
roll; twine; wind; wrap (wrap or coil around)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence examples:
They loop the wire around the stick
The wires loop around the stick
Meaning:
Fasten or join with a loop
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
He looped the watch through his belt
Hypernyms (to "loop" is one way to...):
bind; tie (fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
