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1.NounA length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
2.NounThe opening so formed.
3.NounA shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself."Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints."
4.NounA process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence."feedback loop; time loop"
5.NounA ring road or beltway.
6.NounAn endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
7.NounA complete circuit for an electric current.
8.NounA programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
9.NounAn edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
10.NounA path that starts and ends at the same point.
11.NounA bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
12.NounA place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
13.NounA passing loop.
14.NounA quasigroup with an identity element.
15.NounA loop-shaped intrauterine device.
16.NounAn aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
17.NounA small, narrow opening; a loophole.
18.NounAlternative form of loup (“mass of iron”).
19.NounA flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
20.NounA sports league
21.NounThe curved path of the ball bowled by a spin bowler.
22.VerbTo form something into a loop.
23.VerbTo fasten or encircle something with a loop.
24.VerbTo fly an aircraft in a loop.
25.VerbTo move something in a loop.
26.VerbTo play something (such as a song or video) in a loop.
27.VerbTo join electrical components to complete a circuit.
28.VerbTo duplicate the route of a pipeline.
29.VerbTo create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
30.VerbTo form a loop.
31.VerbTo move in a loop."The program loops until the user presses a key."
32.VerbTo place in a loop.
33.VerbTo have the teacher progress through multiple school years with the same students.