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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
hover
1. be undecided about something;
waver between conflicting positions or courses of action (Freq. 2)
- He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
• Syn:
vibrate, vacillate, oscillate
• Derivationally related forms:
oscillation (for: oscillate), vacillant (for: vacillate), vacillation (for: vacillate), vacillator (for: vacillate)
• Hypernyms:
hesitate, waver, waffle
• Hyponyms:
shillyshally
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. move to and fro (Freq. 2)
- The shy student lingered in the corner
• Syn:
linger
• Hypernyms:
hesitate, waver, waffle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. hang in the air;
fly or be suspended above (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
fly, wing
• Hyponyms:
poise
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Some big birds hover in the tree
- There hover some big birds in the tree
4. be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity (Freq. 1)
- The guru claimed that he could levitate
• Syn:
levitate
• Derivationally related forms:
levitation (for: levitate)
• Verb Group:
levitate
• Entailment:
rise, lift, arise, move up, go up,
come up, uprise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
5. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
- The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
• Syn:
brood, loom, bulk large
• Hypernyms:
hang
• Hyponyms:
overshadow, dominate, eclipse
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Some big birds hover in the tree
- There hover some big birds in the tree
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