· fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

Synonym(s): cringle, eyelet, grommet, grummet

Hypernym(s): fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing

· anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)

Hypernym(s): simple_closed_curve, Jordan_curve

· (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took hundreds of iterations"

Synonym(s): iteration

Hypernym(s): process, physical_process

· an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan); "he's no longer in the loop"

Hypernym(s): clique, coterie, ingroup, inner_circle, pack, camp

· the basic pattern of the human fingerprint

Hypernym(s): fingerprint

· a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied

Hypernym(s): program, programme, computer_program, computer_programme

· the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component

Synonym(s): loop_topology

Hypernym(s): topology, network_topology

· an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop

Hypernym(s): intrauterine_device, IUD

· a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates

Synonym(s): closed_circuit

Hypernym(s): circuit, electrical_circuit, electric_circuit

· a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane

Synonym(s): loop-the-loop

Hypernym(s): flight_maneuver, airplane_maneuver

· move in loops; "The bicycle looped around the tree"

Hypernym(s): circle

· make a loop in; "loop a rope"

Synonym(s): intertwine

Hypernym(s): knit, entwine

· fly loops, perform a loop; "the stunt pilot looped his plane"

Hypernym(s): circle

· wind around something in coils or loops

Synonym(s): coil, curl

Hypernym(s): wind, wrap, roll, twine

· fasten or join with a loop; "He looped the watch through his belt"

Hypernym(s): tie, bind