Meaning of HOVER
| Pronunciation: | | 'huvur
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- [v] move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
- [v] hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
- [v] be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"
- [v] be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
- [v] hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
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| | Synonyms: | | brood, bulk large, levitate, linger, loom, oscillate, vacillate, vibrate |
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| | See Also: | | arise, come up, fly, go up, hang, hesitate, lift, move up, poise, rise, shillyshally, uprise, waffle, waver, wing | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Hov"er\, n. [Etymol. doubtful.]
A cover; a shelter; a protection. [Archaic] --Carew. --C.
Kingsley.
\Hov"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hovered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hovering}.] [OE. hoveren, and hoven, prob. orig., to abide,
linger, and fr. AS. hof house; cf. OFries. hovia to receive
into one's house. See {Hovel}.]
1. To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain
in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to
be suspended in the air above something.
Great flights of birds are hovering about the
bridge, and settling on it. --Addison.
A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight.
--Dryden.
2. To hang about; to move to and fro near a place,
threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely.
Agricola having sent his navy to hover on the coast.
--Milton.
Hovering o'er the paper with her quill. --Shak.
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