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Verb hover has 5 senses
- hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate - be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
--1 is one way to hesitate, waver, waffle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- hover, linger - move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
--2 is one way to hesitate, waver, waffle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- hover - hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
--3 is one way to fly, wing
Sample sentences:
Some big birds hover in the tree
There hover some big birds in the tree
- levitate, hover - be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- brood, hover, loom, bulk large - hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
--5 is one way to hang
Sample sentences:
Some big birds hover in the tree
There hover some big birds in the tree
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