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Verb
▲
Remain in one place in the air
hang
float
drift
fly
poise
glide
ride
sail
swim
waft
levitate
be poised
be suspended
dance
soar
suspend
defy gravity
overhang
linger
remain
stay up
whirl
flow
coast
hang over
be in mid-air
stray
travel
remain static
be carried
slide
slip
skim
stream
smooth along
rise
bob
move
slither
ascend
wash
lift
skate
roll
move gently
tread water
slip along
slink
trip
flit
skip
spiral
drift up
take off
fly up
rise up
soar up
run
decline
shoot
descend
scud
skirr
lapse
wing
rise into the air
glissade
more ❯
“Helicopters seemed to hover overhead constantly.”
Verb
▲
Linger close at hand, especially in a hesitant or uncertain manner
loiter
linger
hang around
remain
wait
stay nearby
stick around
wait about
wait nearby
hang about
stay close
stay
hang out
abide
rest
dwell
reside
bide
tarry
stay put
sit tight
dally
live
hang
lodge
hold on
hang on
hold the fort
hang round
wait around
be there
attend
make a night of it
stop out
keep out
be in attendance
turn up
be out
carry on
keep going
stall
exist
board
park
room
locate
put up
stop over
live in
have your home
take up residence
hold the phone
be domiciled in
be housed
dwell in
stay still
be located
perdure
hang back
be situated
hold up
run on
keep up
occur
crash
holiday
vacation
visit
vacay
have rooms
be billeted
be quartered
happen
lie in wait
watch for
hang in
sweat it
be found
be in existence
be existent
be the case
be latent
be real
be met with
occupy
inhere
people
tenant
house
procrastinate
be settled in
hang out in
be a resident of
hang one's hat in
lodge in
stay in
have taken up residence in
have established oneself in
bide in
sojourn in
have one's home in
lallygag
creep
drag
mope
lollygag
diddle
shilly-shally
crawl
poke
keep house
take up residence in
be settled
have one's residence
be established in
reside in
have your home in
put down roots in
be an inhabitant of
set up home
be domiciled
emigrate to
hang up one's hat
go to live in
make one's home in
become domiciled in
go to live
set up housekeeping in
move to
take root
set up house
have one's home
make your home in
have as your home
set up home in
temporiseUK
tail
trail
hesitate
temporizeUS
filibuster
tool
put off
goof around
drag your feet
lose time
take your time
take one's time
warm a chair
drag one's feet
get no place fast
more ❯
“The grandchildren hover close by, whispering and squirming bashfully if my glance falls upon them.”
Verb
▲
To be in an unsettled or uncertain situation or frame of mind
alternate
dither
falter
fluctuate
haver
waver
oscillate
seesaw
swither
vacillate
teeter
wobble
sway
hesitate
stagger
swing
blow hot and cold
shilly-shally
yo-yo
be indecisive
vary
veer
totter
see-saw
pause
dilly-dally
scruple
rock
wabble
be unsure
prevaricate
flannel
be non-committal
beat about the bush
dodge the issue
dodge
parry questions
quibble
evade the issue
fence
fudge
be evasive
duck the question
mutate
evade
flip-flop
fudge the issue
weasel
beat around the bush
tarry
sidestep the issue
evolve
faff about
shuffle
palter
transform
move
sidestep
alter
morph
turn
stonewall
progress
metamorphose
be vague
trifle
mess about
deviate
convert
quaver
hang about
hang around
waste time
duck the issue
modulate
change one's mind
shudder
faff around
cavil
digress
idle
pulsate
get cold feet
avoid
duck
shy
falsify
loiter
jive
drift
slip
diverge
tergiverse
snap
drag
poke
transmogrify
have doubts
cop out
beg the question
goof off
put off
play a waiting game
jib
stir
lie
heave
parry
flap
misrepresent
differ
twirl
shiver
fib
be ambiguous
flow
swell
surge
quake
loll
con
rotate
recoil from
flinch from
shuck
diddle
creep
crawl
while away time
mince words
distort
hang back from
vacillate about
wigwag
lollygag
have misgivings about
have scruples about
think twice about
have reservations about
interchange
lallygag
tremor
shuffle about
mope
putter
shy away from
run around
stall for time
have qualms about
avoid the issue
take one's time
use delaying tactics
be noncommittal
pass the buck
mince one's words
mark time
drag one's feet
play for time
kill time
drag one's heels
come and go
be dilatory
take your time
lag behind
put off doing something
cop a plea
let the grass grow under one's feet
substitute
wobble about
hobble
limp
be on the fence
will and will not
wiggle-waggle
potter
discontinue
cease
break
tumble
trill
bobble
flourish
warble
be defective
hold on
keep changing one's mind
mess around
move slowly
play it close to the vest
skirt the issue
deceive
back
change direction
brandish
wield
trim
slouch
thrill
be unstable
um and ah
fabricate
second-guessing oneself
doubt yourself
have misgivings
doubt oneself
elude
adumbrate
double-talk
escape
eschew
sit around
be tardy
be long
fool around
whiffle waffle
sit tight
twitter
raise
misstate
invent
dissemble
garble
belie
exaggerate
misspeak
flatter
hesitate to
scruple about
adjourn
postpone
retard
prolong
protract
dodge the question
play one's cards close to one's chest
straddle an issue
give nothing away
cover up
straddle the fence
soft-soap
goldbrick
cool
billow
wheel
zigzag
titubate
move clumsily
move backwards and forwards
splash
swish
curl
coil
motion
tell white lie
cloud the issue
give run around
be chary of
be coy about
be cagey about
be shy about
be reluctant about
stay
put on
phony up
stretch the truth
adopt Fabian tactics
maneuverUS
contest
outwit
baffle
manoeuvreUK
feint
shirk
foil
refuse
sweet-talk
blather
flinch
quail
note
give a false colour to
flit
waft
swirl
flail
thresh
kick the can down the road
postpone action
defer action
suspend action
let slide
take a raincheck
walk falteringly
express misgivings
express reservations
express reluctance
hedge one's bets
give the run around
fight off
use flattery
fast-talk
talk blarney
judder
sweep
twist
flick
blow
ruffle
skirt
fly
stream
pulse
be tentative
fake
convulse
jiggle
blarney
blandish
beguile
be divided
jerk
jolt
intersperse
second-guessing yourself
wait and see
be cagey
agitate
jar
shift ground about
feel uncertain
wonder about
take turns
bucket
jounce
joggle
patch up
think something unlikely
be dubious
lack conviction
be sceptical
harbour suspicions about
express reservations about
harbour reservations about
fluctuate on
have doubts about
feel uneasy about
have hesitations about
express suspicions about
entertain doubts about
have suspicions about
have one's doubts about
follow one another
act reciprocally
act in sequence
follow in turn
relieve
be staggered
occur in rotation
work in sequence
take it in turns
occur in turn
move between
be interspersed
fill in for
follow
grow
metastasize
develop
metamorphize
butter up
baulk at
stick at
be loath
loaf
demur about
stickle
question
demur from
stick
fret
balk at
worry
gag
transmute
transfigure
disrelish something
boggle at
waver about
mind doing something
chill
footle
bum
drone
lazy
laze
lounge
swing backwards and forwards
swing back and forth
drag one's feet over
drag one's heels over
pass
affect
amend
adjust
realign
modify
transit
adapt
transmutate
amble
plod
filibuster
transition
disguise
revise
swap
displace
remodel
transpose
mouldUK
edit
moldUS
replace
better
turn around
deteriorate
reverse
diminish
hack around
kick around
veg out
kick back
horse around
potter around
hang on
be slow
fall behind
buy time
stay put
potter round
potter about
not keep pace
wait around
worsen
divert
fritter
hang out
more ❯
“We hover between great hopes and great fears.”
Verb
▲
To be on the verge of transpiring, occurring or happening
impend
approach
loom
overhang
menace
brew
threaten
advance
brewing
overshadow
lower
portend
appear
forebode
foreshadow
frighten
hang
imperil
jeopardiseUK
jeopardizeUS
presage
be imminent
be close
hang over
be gathering
come on
be on the horizon
be dangerous
be on the cards
be in the air
put at risk
put in jeopardy
be in the cards
be in the offing
be threatening
be ominously close
draw near
await
develop
gather
devise
project
plan
excite
scheme
plot
start
breed
form
foment
hatch
contrive
concoct
mull
grow
compound
gather force
weave
stir up
be in the wings
blow up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To move about or around quickly and randomly
flit
dart
flicker
flutter
flick
spring
caper
dance
skip
hop
dash
trip
flitter
flash
prance
bounce
fly
frisk
zip
gambol
scamper
flirt
run
skim
scoot
play
cavort
bob
whisk
whiz
rush
speed
float
fleet
hurry
swoop
pass
wing
sail
scud
sweep
beetle
dip
leap
jump
bound
frolic
romp
rollick
curvet
sport
lope
capriole
lollop
jig
bolt
lunge
lark
dive
disport
gallop
canter
strut
step
cut capers
sashay
revel
swagger
cut loose
charge
vault
sprint
duck
jounce
flounce
shoot
pounce
pitch
skitter
buck
stride
horse around
fool around
whoop it up
kick up one's heels
tear
scurry
plunge
jog
hurdle
wobble
trot
jerk
stalk
weave
thrust
jiggle
break
shake
toss
swing
start
ricochet
tiptoe
graze
skirr
flee
hurtle
wiggle
hippety-hop
kick up your heels
raise hell
carry on
go on a tear
let loose
waltz
startle
caracole
saltate
spin
rock
pogo
lop
twitch
roughhouse
horseplay
stroll
sally
breeze
mosey
slide
jump up
whirl
sway
recreate
dally
toy
skylark
cut up
monkey around
go places and do things
cut
cut a caper
kibitz around
roister
tread lightly
run lightly
spring up and down
leap up and down
jump up and down
bob up and down
riot
let go
make merry
have fun
carouse
spree
drift
glide
storm
march
blow the lid off
play around
sidestep
stomp
race
throw
fling
swish
stamp
swerve
lurch
drive
burst
surge
body-swerve
plummet
stride angrily
go quickly
launch oneself
set upon
attack
move suddenly
strike
fall upon
make for
glance
carom
skedaddle
zigzag
jink
slalom
juke
quiver
hasten
nose-dive
whizz
stampede
haste
scramble
shift
veer
make off
oscillate
nip
launch
career
course
heave
spurt
zoom
nosedive
turn aside
dodge
shirk
skirt
parade
move quickly
bobble
pump
nod
wag
seesaw
bellyflop
belly flop
vanish
plumb
go down
free-fall
gutter
header
go headfirst
swank
joggle
waggle
jolt
showboat
peacock
quaver
move up and down
mince
hoof it
cut a rug
show off
tread
cut the rug
foot it
more ❯
Verb
▲
To move or glide through the air
fly
glide
soar
wing
flit
flutter
mount
aviate
plane
wheel
hang
sail
stream
circle
circumnavigate
climb
coast
cross
dive
drift
seagull
skirt
flat-hat
take wing
whiz by
take to the air
travel through the air
wing its way
jet out
jet over
remain aloft
sky out
wing in
bend the throttle
take a hop
float
ascend
arc
curve
Verb
▲
Be or cause to be balanced or suspended
poise
balance
hang
hold
position
support
suspend
float
ballast
be suspended
hold steady
perch
stabiliseUK
stabilizeUS
stand
steady oneself
wait
hold oneself steady
remain motionless
be ready
hang in midair
hang in mid-air
hang suspended
steady
keep in place
keep steady
keep upright
stay poised
maintain equilibrium
level
prop
lean
set
place
rest
lay
Verb
▲
To appear indistinctly, especially in an exaggerated or threatening form
loom
appear
emerge
materialiseUK
materializeUS
emanate
figure
issue
reveal
show
appear indistinctly
become visible
come forth
reveal itself
come into view
come on
come out
come to light
come up
take shape
come on the scene
arise
rise
surface
spring up
pop up
crop up
arrive
spring
turn up
begin
start
originate
come into existence
come into being
commence
unfold
form
present itself
present oneself
occur
make an appearance
show up
put in an appearance
break
actualize
set in
transpire
show itself
blow in
become apparent
grow
proceed
crystallizeUS
engender
come to pass
enter
rise up
flow
eventuate
result
crystalliseUK
erupt
be born
pop in
bob up
make the scene
manifest itself
enter into the picture
ascend
peep
appear partly
appear slowly
peek
ensue
reappear
come
evolve
stem
spawn
peer out
derive
upspring
head
manifest
issue from
fetch up
pitch up
present
show oneself
reveal oneself
happen
mature
come from
turn out
be present
befall
wind up at
be seen
show one's face
show its face
be set in motion
first see the light of day
be revealed
arrive on the scene
expose itself
shoot up
take form
rear its head
appear briefly
open
pop
pop out
peek from
show partially
initiate
glimmer
burst out
flow from
birth
broaden
deepen
climb
start off
spring from
emanate from
advance
merge
naturalizeUS
leak out
progress
flourish
become known
come together
naturaliseUK
change
increase
accrue
follow
have one's foundations
fall out
go
flare up
spurt
betide
hail from
chance
gush
hove into view
heave into view
become evident
manifest yourself
make appearance
manifest oneself
heave in sight
arise from
take place
come about
be caused by
be produced by
stem from
be the result of
be brought about by
arise out of
result from
roll out
catalyzeUS
broach
launch
catalyseUK
forthcome
sprout up
rematerialize
be apparent
flash
be evident
break out
be visible
be in view
resurface
expose
be within view
stand out
feature
stick out
catch the eye
debut
blossom
be obvious
kick in
be created
be realized
be brought to pass
be brought about
kick off
be established
be brought into existence
be forged
be brought into being
appear suddenly
appear unexpectedly
acquire
solidify
cultivate
settle
crystalize
jell
come to the surface
go up
float up
stand up
come to the top
break the surface
accumulate
set
shape up
condense
harden
fall into place
take on character
become a reality
attend
land
report
hit
make
visit
get to
pull in
fall by
roll up
drop in
come to
roll in
clock in
punch in
fall in
check in
end up at
show your face
ring in
break through
set foot on
make it to
breeze in
get as far as
get here
punch the clock
get through
get in
get there
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be moved by the wind or an air current
blow
flutter
move
flap
flit
float
drift
flitter
rustle
swirl
undulate
wave
bustle
fly
glide
heave
ruffle
ripple
swing
stir
shake
waft
quiver
tremble
flail
stream
thresh
sway
wag
oscillate
dangle
jiggle
joggle
brandish
wabble
roll
jerk
totter
flourish
toss
hang
shudder
quake
convulse
teeter
shimmy
jolt
tremor
stagger
dither
judder
see-saw
lurch
pitch
bucket
jounce
wield
veer
move back and forth
raise
twitter
move from side to side
weave
flaunt
vary
bobble
alternate
change
switch
shift
wallow
jar
pendulate
lop
labourUK
dodder
plunge
careen
yo-yo
flounder
list
keel
swagger
hesitate
waddle
wave to and fro
laborUS
make heavy weather
be unsteady
go up and down
wind
coil
splash
motion
falter
move backwards and forwards
writhe
squirm
wriggle
be suspended
be pendent
windmill
jitter
gyrate
wince
have the shakes
move side to side
have the quivers
sling
trail
commove
succuss
bump
churn
jog
jig
fiddle
squiggle
fidget
stir up
set in motion
put in motion
wink
twinkle
glimmer
blink
tumble
swivel
pivot
waltz
equivocate
fishtail
librate
move backward and forward
blow hot and cold
teeter-totter
run hot and cold
be indecisive
go from one extreme to the other
yaw
welter
lumber
swing backwards and forwards
swing back and forth
zigzag
worm
ramble
stray
incline
roam
range
lean
rove
jibe
drop
droop
sag
plop
whiffle
flap about
beat about
thrash about
move erratically
flash
loll
flail about
hang loosely
hang limply
topple
fall limply
fall down
slacken
flag
hang down
wilt
ditch
chuck
dump
pitchpole
alter
disturb
move restlessly
agoniseUK
let fly
buffet
bob
agonizeUS
mutate
differ
snap
hem and haw
be unstable
come and go
more ❯
Verb
▲
Swarm or circle
swarm
circle
fly
group
migrate
rise
Verb
▲
To move or act at a slow speed
loiter
dally
dawdle
delay
linger
loll
saunter
stroll
lag
idle
loaf
crawl
creep
diddle
dillydally
dilly-dally
drag
lallygag
lollygag
mope
poke
shilly-shally
tarry
mooch
mosey
skulk
amble
dabble
drift
flag
go slowly
halt
lurk
pause
procrastinate
ramble
shamble
shuffle
slacken
slough
trail
traipse
wander
hang about
fritter away
hang out
pass time
put off
get no place fast
clown
more ❯
Verb
▲
To appear to rise or soar over something
loom
rise
tower
overhang
soar
overshadow
dominate
mount
overtop
rear up
rise up
hang over
seem huge
seem large
stand out
rear
stand high
reach high
extend
ascend
overlook
top
surpass
transcend
outdo
surmount
exceed
look over
look down
rise above
be above
extend above
be head and shoulders above
Verb
▲
To mentally worry or torment
haunt
plague
obsess
torment
trouble
beset
disturb
worry
bedevil
besiege
burden
oppress
beleaguer
possess
torture
bug
recur
agitate
agoniseUK
agonizeUS
annoy
appalUK
appallUS
appear
bother
discomfit
disquiet
dwell
float
frighten
gnaw at
harass
harrow
hound
infest
inhabit
intrude
madden
manifest
materialiseUK
materializeUS
molest
nag at
nettle
overrun
permeate
pervade
pester
preoccupy
prey on
rack
reappear
return
rise
tease
terrify
terroriseUK
terrorizeUS
vex
voodoo
walk
weigh on
come back to
weigh heavily on
come back
lie heavy on
stay with
be ever present
be a weight on one's mind
weigh heavily on one's mind
bully
live on
kill
feed on
exploit
depredate
hunt
tax
bleed
raid
intimidate
load
fleece
plunder
have a hold on
have a grip on
be on your mind
be uppermost in your thoughts
sadden
hurt
wound
sting
mortify
make miserable
cut to the quick
move
make wretched
cause anguish to
touch
perplex
affront
cut
stress
strain
sear
burn up
stab
cause anguish
prick
cause someone distress
cause pain
strike
alarm
stew
sweat
faze
fear
fuss
stir
excite
spook
try
puzzle
rouse
thrill
psych
pierce
ail
interrupt
make uncomfortable
stir up
lie heavy on someone's mind
give a bad time
make anxious
give a hard time
make uneasy
weigh heavy on someone's mind
cause discomfort to
cause concern to
hack you off
flip out
make waves
offend
slight
insult
shock
injure
scar
harm
damage
traumatizeUS
slap
dis
disrespect
outrage
diss
crucify
traumatiseUK
give offence to
dump on
shake up
put down
hurt one's feelings
tear to pieces
get
do in
hurt the feelings of
deject
aggrieve
dispirit
dismay
dishearten
bring down
dampen spirits
crush
break one's heart
bring one down
discommode
discourage
put into a funk
hack off
make blue
exasperate
nark
displease
chasten
bum out
put a damper on
break the heart of
rile
drag down
more ❯
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hoven in sight
hovels
hovel
hove into view
hove in sight
hoved into view
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