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Verb
  1. Be undecided about something;
    Waver between conflicting positions or courses of action (synset 202711906)
    "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
    is a type of: hesitate, waffle, waver - pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
    subtypes: shillyshally - be uncertain and vague
    same as: oscillate, vacillate, vibrate
  2. Move to and fro (synset 202646990)
    "The shy student lingered in the corner"
    is a type of: hesitate, waffle, waver - pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
    same as: linger
  3. Hang in the air;
    Fly or be suspended above (synset 201947307)
    is a type of: fly, wing - travel through the air; be airborne
    subtypes: poise - be motionless, in suspension
  4. Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity (synset 201948111)
    "The guru claimed that he could levitate"
    entail: arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise - move upward
    same as: levitate
    verb group: levitate - cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
  5. Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing (synset 202749936)
    "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
    is a type of: hang - be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
    subtypes: dominate, eclipse, overshadow - be greater in significance than
    same as: brood, bulk large, loom

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