hover

English Thesaurus

1. hang in the air; fly or be suspended above (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	fly, wing,
definition	:	travel through the air; be airborne (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	poise,
definition	:	be motionless, in suspension (verb.motion)

2. be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity (verb.motion)

entail	:	arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise,
definition	:	move upward (verb.motion)

verb group	:	levitate,
definition	:	cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity (verb.motion)

3. move to and fro (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	hesitate, waffle, waver, hesitate, waffle, waver,
definition	:	pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness (verb.stative)

4. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action (verb.stative)

hyponym	:	shillyshally,
definition	:	be uncertain and vague (verb.stative)

5. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	hang,
definition	:	be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive (verb.stative)

hyponym	:	dominate, eclipse, overshadow,
definition	:	be greater in significance than (verb.stative)

6. be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity (verb.motion)

derivation	:	levitation,
definition	:	the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means (noun.phenomenon)

7. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action (verb.stative)

derivation	:	hesitation, vacillation, wavering,
definition	:	indecision in speech or action (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	hesitater, hesitator, vacillator, waverer,
definition	:	one who hesitates (usually out of fear) (noun.person)

derivation	:	oscillation,
definition	:	the process of oscillating between states (noun.process)

derivation	:	vacillant, vacillating, wavering,
definition	:	uncertain in purpose or action (adj.all)

8. be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity (verb.motion)

derivation	:	levitation,
definition	:	the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means (noun.phenomenon)

9. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action (verb.stative)

derivation	:	hesitation, vacillation, wavering,
definition	:	indecision in speech or action (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	hesitater, hesitator, vacillator, waverer,
definition	:	one who hesitates (usually out of fear) (noun.person)

derivation	:	oscillation,
definition	:	the process of oscillating between states (noun.process)

derivation	:	vacillant, vacillating, wavering,
definition	:	uncertain in purpose or action (adj.all)