(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
To ~ means to stay in the same position in the air without moving forwards or backwards. Many birds and insects can ~ by moving their wings very quickly.
Beautiful butterflies ~ed above the wild flowers...
VERB: V
2.
If you ~, you stay in one place and move slightly in a nervous way, for example because you cannot decide what to do.
Judith was ~ing in the doorway...
With no idea of what to do for my next move, my hand ~ed over the board.
VERB: V, V prep/adv
3.
If you ~, you are in an uncertain situation or state of mind.
She ~ed on the brink of death for three months as doctors battled to save her...
VERB: V prep/adv
4.
If a something such as a price, value, or score ~s around a particular level, it stays at more or less that level and does not change much.
In September 1989 the exchange rate ~ed around 140 yen to the dollar...
VERB: V prep/adv