Hovers menacingly (5)
I believe the answer is:
looms
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">hovers menacingly</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for looms that I've seen before include "appears indistinctly" , "More than one machine" , "Rises threateningly ahead with weaving machines" .)