| VERB | stative | hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate | be undecided about something |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | hover, linger | move to and fro | |
| motion | hover | hang in the air | |
| motion | hover, levitate | be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity | |
| stative | hover, brood, loom, bulk large | hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing |
| Sounds | hhah'ver | |
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| Rhymes | achiever ... woodcarver: 114 rhymes with ver... | |
| Meaning | Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | vibrate, vacillate, oscillate | |
| Narrower | shillyshally | Be uncertain and vague |
| Broader | hesitate, waver, waffle | pause or hold back in uncertainty / uncertainty or unwillingness |
| Spanish | dudar, vacilar | |
| Meaning | Move to and fro. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | linger | |
| Broader | hesitate, waver, waffle | pause or hold back in uncertainty / uncertainty or unwillingness |
| Spanish | revolotear, rondar | |
| Catalan | flotar, oronejar, surar, voletejar | |
| Meaning | hang in the air; fly or be suspended above. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Model | Some big birds hover in the tree; There hover some big birds in the tree | |
| Narrower | poise | Be motionless, in suspension |
| Broader | fly, wing | Travel through the air |
| Spanish | estar suspendido, flotar, revolotear | |
| Catalan | deixar flotant, estar flotant, flotar, oronejar, surar, voletejar | |
| Meaning | Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | levitate | |
| Entails | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
| Similar to | levitate | Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity |
| Spanish | flotar, levitar, revolotear | |
| Catalan | flotar, levitar | |
| Meaning | hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Model | Some big birds hover in the tree; There hover some big birds in the tree | |
| Synonyms | brood, loom, bulk large | |
| Narrower | overshadow, dominate, eclipse | Be greater in significance than |
| Broader | hang | Be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive |
| Spanish | abalanzarse, aparecer, surgir | |
| Catalan | abalançar-se, aparèixer, sorgir | |
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