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1. Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
   "He hovers between accepting the new position and retirement"
   - vibrate, vacillate, oscillate, blow hot and cold
    
2. Move to and fro
   "The shy student hovered in the corner"
   - 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 hover"
   - levitate
    
5. Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
   "The terrible vision hovered over her all day long"
   - brood, loom, bulk large

Derived forms: hovering, hovers, hovered

Type of: balk, baulk [Brit], fly, hang, hesitate, waffle, waver, wing

Encyclopedia: Hover