"toom" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more toom [comparative], most toom [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|toom}} Middle English toom, {{m|enm|tom}} tom, {{inh|en|ang|tōm|t=empty}} Old English tōm (“empty”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tōmaz|t=free, available, empty}} Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“free, available, empty”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*doma-|t=to tame}} Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), {{m|ine-pro|*dema-|t=to build}} *dema- (“to build”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|sv|-}} Swedish, {{m|da|tom||empty, vacant}} tom (“empty, vacant”), {{cog|is|tómur||empty}} Icelandic tómur (“empty”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} toom (comparative more toom, superlative most toom)
  1. (rare or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Empty; bare. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, rare Derived forms: toom-handed, toomly
    Sense id: en-toom-en-adj-BWz6kBH1 Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 28 4 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: tooms [plural]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|toom}} Middle English toom, {{m|enm|tom}} tom, {{inh|en|ang|tōm|t=empty}} Old English tōm (“empty”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tōmaz|t=free, available, empty}} Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“free, available, empty”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*doma-|t=to tame}} Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), {{m|ine-pro|*dema-|t=to build}} *dema- (“to build”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|sv|-}} Swedish, {{m|da|tom||empty, vacant}} tom (“empty, vacant”), {{cog|is|tómur||empty}} Icelandic tómur (“empty”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} toom (plural tooms)
  1. (chiefly Scottish) A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited. Tags: Scottish
    Sense id: en-toom-en-noun-bhwsz~Td
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: tooms [plural]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Middle English toom, tome, tom, from Old Norse tóm (“vacant time, leisure”), from Proto-Germanic *tōmą (“vacant time, leisure”). Related to Old Norse tómr (“vacant, empty”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|toom}} Middle English toom, {{m|enm|tome}} tome, {{m|enm|tom}} tom, {{der|en|non|tóm|t=vacant time, leisure}} Old Norse tóm (“vacant time, leisure”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*tōmą|t=vacant time, leisure}} Proto-Germanic *tōmą (“vacant time, leisure”), {{cog|non|tómr|t=vacant, empty}} Old Norse tómr (“vacant, empty”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} toom (usually uncountable, plural tooms)
  1. Vacant time, leisure. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-toom-en-noun-bPskA5vP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: tooms [present, singular, third-person], tooming [participle, present], toomed [participle, past], toomed [past]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|toom}} Middle English toom, {{m|enm|tom}} tom, {{inh|en|ang|tōm|t=empty}} Old English tōm (“empty”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tōmaz|t=free, available, empty}} Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“free, available, empty”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*doma-|t=to tame}} Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), {{m|ine-pro|*dema-|t=to build}} *dema- (“to build”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|sv|-}} Swedish, {{m|da|tom||empty, vacant}} tom (“empty, vacant”), {{cog|is|tómur||empty}} Icelandic tómur (“empty”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} toom (third-person singular simple present tooms, present participle tooming, simple past and past participle toomed)
  1. (rare or dialectal) To empty; teem. Tags: dialectal, rare
    Sense id: en-toom-en-verb-XfWOunkH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1951, Ivor John Carnegie Brown, I break my word, page 120",
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          "ref": "1825, The Tyneside Songster",
          "text": "Then hie to the Custom House, add to your pleasures, Now you're well cover'd, so toom the new measures: It ne'er will be finish'd, I'll wager a groat, Till they've cut a canal te admit five-men boats!",
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          "text": "\"You saw it was toom. The lamp had gone out itself, or else — what's that?\"",
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          "ref": "1951, Ivor John Carnegie Brown, I break my word, page 120",
          "text": "Bare is much better. 'When she got there, the cupboard was bare' does call up the distress of those with naked larders. 'The cupboard was empty' would not be poignant at all. But 'the cupboard was toom' would utter the voice of real despair.",
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          "ref": "1974, Ranald Nicholson, Scotland: the later Middle Ages, page 50",
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