hover

Verb
Synonyms: vibratevacillateoscillatelingerlevitatebroodloombulk large

WordNet 3.0

Verb (5)

  1. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action“He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement”Synonyms: vibratevacillateoscillate
  2. move to and fro“The shy student lingered in the corner”Synonyms: linger
  3. hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
  4. be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity“The guru claimed that he could levitate”Synonyms: levitate
  5. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing“The terrible vision brooded over her all day long”Synonyms: broodloombulk large
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Hover \Hov"er\, n. [Etymol. doubtful.] A cover; a shelter; a protection. [Archaic] --Carew. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
Hover \Hov"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hovering.] [OE. hoveren, and hoven, prob. orig., to abide, linger, and fr. AS. hof house; cf. OFries. hovia to receive into one's house. See Hovel.]

1.To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air above something. [1913 Webster]

Great flights of birds are hovering about the bridge, and settling on it.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely. [1913 Webster]

Agricola having sent his navy to hover on the coast.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Hovering o'er the paper with her quill.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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