toom

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uːm === Etymology 1 === From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-West Germanic *tōm(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tōm(ij)az (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”). ==== Adjective ==== toom (comparative more toom, superlative most toom) (rare or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Empty; bare. Synonyms: vacant, void; see also Thesaurus:empty ===== Derived terms ===== toom-handed toomly ==== Noun ==== toom (plural tooms) (chiefly Scottish) A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited. ==== Verb ==== toom (third-person singular simple present tooms, present participle tooming, simple past and past participle toomed) (rare or dialectal) To empty; teem. === Etymology 2 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== toom (usually uncountable, plural tooms) Vacant time, leisure. === References === “toom”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Anagrams === MOTO, moot, moto, moto-, tomo- == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch toom, from Old Dutch *tōm, from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz. Doublet of team. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toːm/ Hyphenation: toom Rhymes: -oːm Homophone: Toom === Noun === toom m or n (plural tomen, diminutive toompje n) bridle, rein Je moet die jongens echt even in toom houden - You really need to keep those boys in check a flock of birds (especially ducks, geese and swans) frenulum ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: toom === Anagrams === moot == Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *toomi, from Proto-Uralic *ďëme. === Noun === toom (genitive toome, partitive toome) bird cherry ==== Inflection ==== ==== Synonyms ==== toomingas == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === A contraction of to + däm. Compare German zum. === Contraction === toom contraction of to +‎ däm, literally “to the; for the”