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hover

/ hover /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
Type of:
fly wing
Kinds of:
poise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 2
move to and fro
"The shy student lingered in the corner"
Type of:
hesitate waver waffle
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
"He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
Type of:
hesitate waver waffle
Kinds of:
shillyshally
Derived:
oscillation hesitation vacillation wavering waverer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 4
be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
"The guru claimed that he could levitate"
Derived:
levitation
Verb group:
levitate
Entails:
rise lift arise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
"The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
Type of:
hang
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Semantic Complexity
68%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
21
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

fly wing poise hesitate waver waffle shillyshally hang