Verb

• S: (v) 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"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) hesitate, waver, waffle (pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness) "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
• S: (v) dwell on, linger over (delay)
• S: (v) boggle (hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear)
• S: (v) hover, linger (move to and fro) "The shy student lingered in the corner"
• S: (v) 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"
• S: (v) falter, waver (be unsure or weak) "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) hover, linger (move to and fro) "The shy student lingered in the corner"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• sentence frame
• S: (v) hover (hang in the air; fly or be suspended above)
• S: (v) levitate, hover (be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity) "The guru claimed that he could levitate"
• S: (v) brood, hover, loom, bulk large (hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing) "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"