The Potsdam Conference is perhaps best known for President Trumanâs July 24, 1945 conversation with Stalin, during which time the President informed the Soviet leader that the United States had successfully detonated the first atomic bomb on July 16, 1945.
loom1. 1  a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc. 2  the art or the process of weaving. 3  the part of an oar between the blade and the handle. 4  to weave (something) on a loom.
loom large. Appear imminent in a threatening, magnified form. For example, The possibility of civil war loomed large on the horizon, or Martha wanted to take it easy for a week, but the bar exam loomed large. This term employs loom in the sense of come into view, a usage dating from the late 1500s. See also: large, loom.