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Noun loop has 10 senses

cringle, eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet - fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
--₁ is a kind of fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing

Derived form: verb loop₅
loop - anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
--₂ is a kind of simple closed curve, Jordan curve
--₂ has particulars:
belt; drip loop; noose, running noose, slip noose; lobe; bight

Derived forms: verb loop₄, verb loop₂
iteration, loop - (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took hundreds of iterations"
--₃ is a kind of process
loop - an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan); "he's no longer in the loop"
--₄ is a kind of clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp
loop - the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
--₅ is a kind of fingerprint
loop - a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
--₆ is a kind of program, programme, computer program, computer programme
loop topology, loop - the topology of a network whose components are connected in a loop
--₇ is a kind of topology, network topology
loop - an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
--₈ is a kind of intrauterine device, IUD
closed circuit, loop - a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
--₉ is a kind of circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
--₉ has particulars: parallel circuit, shunt circuit
loop, loop-the-loop - a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
--₁₀ is a kind of flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
--₁₀ has particulars: inside loop; outside loop
Derived form: verb loop₃

Verb loop has 5 senses

loop - move in loops; "The bicycle looped around the tree"
--₁ is one way to circle, circulate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
loop, intertwine - make a loop in; "loop a rope"
--₂ is one way to knit, entwine

Derived form: noun loop₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
loop - fly loops, perform a loop; "the stunt pilot looped his plane"
--₃ is one way to circle, circulate

Derived form: noun loop₁₀
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
coil, loop, curl - wind around something in coils or loops
--₄ is one way to wind, wrap, roll, twine

Derived form: noun loop₂
Sample sentences:
They loop the wire around the stick
The wires loop around the stick
loop - fasten or join with a loop; "He looped the watch through his belt"
--₅ is one way to tie, bind

Derived form: noun loop₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something