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loop(4) (iou)



loop verb1. [lu:p] LME.
[from LOOP noun2.]
verb trans. Draw through a loop; encircle or enclose in or with a loop. LME.
verb intrans. Form a loop; spec. (of a caterpillar etc.) move by successive curving and straightening actions. Cf. earlier LOOPER noun1 1. E19.
verb trans. Put or form loops on; provide (a garment etc.) with loops. M19.
verb trans. Form into a loop or loops. M19.
verb trans. Fasten (back, up) by forming into a loop, or by means of an attached loop; join (together) or connect by means of a loop or loops; (foll. by in) connect (a wire, appliance, etc.) into an electric circuit by the loop system. L19.
verb trans. loop the loop, (of an aeroplane or (orig.) a fairground machine) perform the feat of circling in a vertical loop (see LOOP noun2 10). E20.
verb intrans. Computing. Execute a loop. M20.
Comb.: loop-in a connection between two lengths of wire made at a terminal in the loop system; loop-in system = loop system s.v. LOOP noun2; loop-the-loop an act of looping the loop.
? Rare before M19.