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Hovering

To float in the air.

📖 Definitions of "Hovering"

verb

1
To float in the air.
"The hummingbird hovered by the plant."
2
To linger or hang in one place, especially in an uncertain manner.
"His pen hovered above the paper."
3
To waver, or be uncertain.
"Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat."
4
To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
"A tooltip appears when you hover over this link."

noun

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
levitateverb	(intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
loomverb	To appear indistinctly, e.g. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.
bulk largeverb	Synonym of loom large.
lingerverb	(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
vacillateverb	(intransitive) To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
broodverb	(transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
glidingnoun	The action or motion of something that glides.
floatingnoun	That floats or float.
abovenoun	Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
circlingnoun	A circular motion.
rangingnoun	A back-and-forth movement.
flyingnoun	That flies or can fly.
flightverb	(cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
oververb	(UK, transitive, dialect, obsolete) To go over, or jump over.
wavering	Being in doubt; indecisive.
overflyingverb	To fly over something.
hangingnoun	Suspended.
lingeringnoun	That which lingers; a remnant.
suspended	Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.
poised	Possessing poise, having self-confidence.

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