Loop

Noun

 * 1) A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening; the opening so formed
 * 2) A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
 * 3) An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
 * 4) A complete circuit for an electric current.
 * 5)  A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
 * 6)  An edge consisting of two identical nodes.
 * 7) A loop-shaped intrauterine device
 * 8) a maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane

Related terms

 * in the loop
 * out of the loop
 * loop the loop


 * loophole
 * knock for a loop

Derived terms

 * hanging loop

Verb

 * 1)  To form something into a loop
 * 2)  To fasten or encircle something with a loop
 * 3)  To fly an aircraft in a loop
 * 4)  To move something in a loop
 * 5)  To join electrical components to complete a circuit
 * 6)  To form a loop
 * 7)  To move in a loop

Thesaurus
O, air hole, ambit, annular muscle, annulus, arc, arch, areola, armhole, association, aureole, band, bank, beat, begird, belt, belt in, bend, bend back, beset, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, blowhole, boss, bow, braid, break, broken circuit, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bullet-hole, bump, bunch, bunghole, burl, button, cahot, chaplet, chine, cincture, circle, circlet, circuit, circuital field, circumference, circus, closed circle, closed circuit, clump, coil, compass, complete circuit, condyle, conference, convex, corona, coronet, crab, cringle, crook, crown, curl, curve, cycle, dead circuit, deadeye, decurve, deflect, diadem, dip, discus, disk, dome, dowel, ear, embow, encincture, encircle, encompass, engird, enlace, ensphere, entwine, eternal return, eye, eyelet, fairy ring, feather, fishtail, flange, flap, flex, full circle, gall, galvanic circuit, garland, gasket, gird, girdle, glory, gnarl, grommet, ground loop, guide, halo, handle, hill, hook, hoop, hot circuit, hump, hunch, incurvate, incurve, inflect, interknit, interlace, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, jog, joggle, keyhole, knit, knob, knot, knothole, knur, knurl, lace, lap, lasso, lateral circuit, leg, lip, live circuit, logical circle, loom, loophole, looplet, lump, magic circle, magnetic circuit, manhole, mat, microcircuit, mole, mountain, mousehole, multiple circuit, multiple series, net, nevus, noose, nub, nubbin, nubble, orbit, papilloma, path, peephole, peg, pigeonhole, pinhole, placket, placket hole, plait, pleach, plow, porpoise, porthole, printed circuit, pull out, pull up, punch-hole, push down, raddle, radius, recurve, reflect, reflex, retroflex, revolution, rib, ridge, ring, roll, rondelle, round, round trip, roundel, rounds, sag, saucer, series multiple, short, short circuit, shoulder, sideslip, skid, sphincter, spin, spine, spiracle, spiral, splice, staple, stud, stunt, style, swag, sweep, tab, tap, tie, tissue, tour, tubercle, tubercule, turn, twill, twine, twine around, twist, undulate, vault, vector field, vent, venthole, verruca, vesicle, vicious circle, wale, walk, wart, wattle, weave, web, welt, wheel, whorl, wind, wreath, wreathe, wreathe around, yaw, zone

Etymology
From loupe:, earlier lowpknot:, of  origin, ultimately from  hlaup:, used in the sense of a "running knot". Compare löpknut:,  løbknude:,  løb:. More at.

Noun

 * Estonian: silmus
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ,


 * Irish:
 * Latvian: cilpa
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ,


 * Italian:
 * Latvian: cilpa
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Italian:


 * Finnish:
 * Greek: πλήρες ηλεκτρικό κύκλωμα


 * Italian:


 * Catalan: bucle, cicle
 * Dutch: lus, herhaling,
 * Finnish:


 * Greek:
 * Italian: blocco iterativo, richiesta di iterazione,
 * Portuguese:


 * French:
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ενδοκολπικό διάφραγμα


 * Italian: ,


 * Estonian: surmasõlm
 * Finnish:


 * Italian: cerchio della morted


 * : boucle

Verb

 * French: boucler

Anagrams

 * OOPL
 * polo
 * pool

Verb
loop


 * 1) walk

Noun

 * 1) course, duration
 * 2) a river course
 * 3) course of a projectile
 * 4) bore (of a firearm)

Related terms

 * lopen

Derived terms

 * loopbaan
 * afloop
 * kanonsloop
 * kringloop
 * levensloop
 * verloop

Anagrams

 * Pool, pool