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verb

• Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action.
  • usage: "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
  • synonyms: vibrate, vacillate, oscillate
• Move to and fro.
  • usage: "The shy student lingered in the corner"
  • synonyms: linger
• Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above.
• Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
  • usage: "The guru claimed that he could levitate"
  • synonyms: levitate
• Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing.
  • usage: "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
  • synonyms: brood, loom, bulk large

• (v.i.) 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.
• (v.i.) To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully or irresolutely.
• (n.) A cover; a shelter; a protection.