waver
/ˈweɪvəɹ/ verbe C1En français : vaciller
- To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter. · Flowers wavered in the breeze.
- To move without purpose or a specified destination; to roam, to wander.
- To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way. · Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs.
- To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.
- Of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady; to shake, to tremble. · His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic.
- Of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver.
- Chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary.
Pluriel waver · He/she/it wavers · Prétérit wavered · Participe passé wavered · Forme en -ing wavering
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- waver
- He/she/it
- wavers
- Prétérit
- wavered
- Participe passé
- wavered
- Forme en -ing
- wavering
Dans la bibliothèque
Had she not seen him in Derbyshire, she might have supposed him capable of coming there with no other view than what was acknowledged; but she still thought him partial to Jane, and she wavered as to the greater probability of his coming there _with_ his friend’s permission, or being bold enough to come without it.
Above the bridge the pond ran up into fringing groves of fir and maple and lay all darkly translucent in their wavering shadows.
Anne looked at the wicked green depths below her, wavering with long, oily shadows, and shivered.
But the bitterness of her old grievance promptly stiffened up her wavering determination.
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