loop
1. fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
cringle, eyelet, grommet, grummet
• Derivationally related forms:
eye (for: eyelet)
• Hypernyms:
fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
2. anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
• Derivationally related forms:
loopy
• Hypernyms:
simple closed curve, Jordan curve
• Hyponyms:
band, belt, drip loop, noose, running noose,
slip noose, lobe, bight
3. an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
- he's no longer in the loop
• Hypernyms:
clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp
4. the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
• Hypernyms:
fingerprint
5. a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
• Hypernyms:
program, programme, computer program, computer programme
6. the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
• Syn:
loop topology
• Hypernyms:
topology, network topology
7. an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
• Hypernyms:
intrauterine device, IUD
8. a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
• Syn:
closed circuit
• Ant:
open circuit (for: closed circuit)
• Hypernyms:
circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
• Hyponyms:
parallel circuit, shunt circuit
9. (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
- the solution took hundreds of iterations
• Syn:
iteration
• Derivationally related forms:
iterate (for: iteration)
• Topics:
computer science, computing
• Hypernyms:
process, physical process
10. a flight maneuver;
aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
• Syn:
loop-the-loop
• Hypernyms:
flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
• Hyponyms:
inside loop, outside loop
1. move in loops (Freq. 1)
- The bicycle looped around the tree
• Hypernyms:
circle, circulate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. make a loop in (Freq. 1)
- loop a rope
• Syn:
intertwine
• Hypernyms:
knit, entwine
• Hyponyms:
crochet, hook, noose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. fly loops, perform a loop
- the stunt pilot looped his plane
• Hypernyms:
circle, circulate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
4. wind around something in coils or loops
• Syn:
coil, curl
• Ant:
uncoil (for: coil)
• Derivationally related forms:
curl (for: curl), coil (for: coil)
• Hypernyms:
wind, wrap, roll, twine
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They loop the wire around the stick
- The wires loop around the stick
5. fasten or join with a loop
- He looped the watch through his belt
• Hypernyms:
tie, bind
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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