hovers
Hangs in place
Hovers is the third-person singular of hover.
To hover is to remain suspended in one place in the air, like a hummingbird at a flower or a helicopter over a landing zone.
By extension, hover describes staying close without settling: She hovered near the door, uncertain whether to enter.
A value that hovers around a number stays close to it: Temperatures hovered near freezing all week.
To hover over someone is to watch them anxiously or intrusively.
Fails to decide
- lingersRemains beyond expected time
- vacillatesFluctuates between positions
- uncertainNot firmly known
- indecisiveUnable to make choices
tentative · hesitant · ambivalent · undecided · dithering · irresolute · noncommittal · faltering
Unmanned flying machine
- quadcopterFour-rotor aerial vehicle
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- hummingbirdSmall nectar-feeding hoverer
- kestrelSmall falcon, aerial hoverer
dragonfly · harrier · kingfisher · suspended · midair · stationary · airborne · flight
Able to float
- waftDrift on air
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- balloonInflatable rubber sac
- featherBird's body covering
dandelion · dust · mist · vapor · cloud · smoke · suspension · weightless
Pass over lightly
- coastLand beside the ocean
- sailShip's wind-catching fabric
- soarAscend to heights
- sweepBrush clean with broom
flit · swoop · drift · waft · glissade · streamline · sleek · smooth
Trackless-seeming rail technology
- antigravityForce opposing downward pull
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- weightlessnessAbsence of apparent mass
zero-gravity · telekinesis · levitation · defying · uplift · rise · ascend · floating
wavers
Fails to decide
- lingersRemains beyond expected time
- vacillatesFluctuates between positions
- uncertainNot firmly known
indecisive · tentative · hesitant · ambivalent · undecided · dithering · irresolute · noncommittal · faltering · pauses
drone
Unmanned flying machine
- quadcopterFour-rotor aerial vehicle
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- hummingbirdSmall nectar-feeding hoverer
kestrel · dragonfly · harrier · kingfisher · suspended · midair · stationary · airborne · flight · wingspan
buoyant
Able to float
feather · dandelion · dust · mist · vapor · cloud · smoke · suspension · weightless · airborne
skim
Pass over lightly
sweep · flit · swoop · drift · waft · glissade · streamline · sleek · smooth · effortless
maglev
Trackless-seeming rail technology
- antigravityForce opposing downward pull
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
weightlessness · zero-gravity · telekinesis · levitation · defying · uplift · rise · ascend · floating · frictionless
- hovering parent
- hover carLevitating personal vehicle
- hover handsHands suspended near, not on
- hover in place
- hover bikeLevitating personal vehicle
- hover textText shown on cursor rest
hover, hovering, hovered, hoverboard, hovercraft, hoverer, hoverfly, hoverers, hoverflies