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[ verb ] hang in the air; fly or be suspended above

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

When I fell on my back , I saw a vulture hovering .

Related terms

fly poise

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[ verb ] move to and fro

Synonyms

linger

Examples

"The shy student lingered in the corner"

Used in print

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

She would hover over him and , looking_like her brother , anxiously watch the progress of Scotty 's fork or spoon .

Related terms

hesitate

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[ verb ] be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

Examples

"He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

Used in print

(Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)

`` The pattern '' , says Dr._Morton_Schillinger , psychologist at New_York 's Lincoln_Institute_for_Psychotherapy , `` is for the husband to hover about anxiously and eagerly , virtually trembling in his hope that she will flash him the signal that tonight is the night '' .

(Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)

Didi and Gogo hover on the edge of suicide ; Hamm 's world is death and Clov may or may_not get_out of it to join the living child outside .

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[ verb ] be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity

Synonyms

levitate

Examples

"The guru claimed that he could levitate"

Used in print

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

In my recollection , there was a long interval between the death of the officer and the appearance of the first of the retreating redcoats , and in that interval the dust_cloud over the road seems to hover indefinitely .

Related terms

levitate levitation rise

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 16892
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[ verb ] hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

Synonyms

loom brood bulk_large

Examples

"The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"

Related terms

hang

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