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verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
Types & categories
- waver hypernym
- shillyshally hyponym
Related & opposite
- vacillation derivation
- waverer derivation
- oscillation derivation
- wavering derivation
Sense 2 verb
move to and fro
The shy student lingered in the corner
Types & categories
- waver hypernym
Sense 3 verb
hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
The guru claimed that he could levitate
Related & opposite
- levitation derivation
- rise entails
- levitate verb group
Sense 5 verb
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vacillation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | waverer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | oscillation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wavering |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | waver |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shillyshally |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | waver |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fly |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | poise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | levitation |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | rise |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | levitate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | hang |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | eclipse |