hover

To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.

Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).

(obsolete) Of a bird or insect: to flap (its wings) so it can remain stationary in the air.

To remain stationary or float in the air.

“The hummingbird hovered by the plant.”

(figuratively) Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.

“His pen hovered above the paper.”

“The strange man hovered outside the gents’ toilet.”

(figuratively) To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.

“Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat.”

(computing) Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip).

“A tooltip appears when you hover over this link.”

(nautical) To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.

Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

“He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement”

To hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time

“The shy student lingered in the corner”

Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above

Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity

“The guru claimed that he could levitate”

Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

“The terrible vision brooded over her all day long”

An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.

A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.

figurativelyAn act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.

chiefly southern englandA cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.