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hover Definition

hover (huvər, häv-)

intransitive verb

  1. to stay suspended or flutter in the air near one place
  2. to linger or wait close by, esp. in an overprotective, insistent, or anxious way
  3. to be in an uncertain condition; waver (between)

Etymology: ME hoveren, freq. of hoven, to stay (suspended)

noun

the act of hovering

hover Related Forms

hover·er noun

hover Synonyms

hover

v.

float, flutter, waver; see fly 1, hang 2.

hover Usage Examples

Object

  • cursor: For a summary of each of these stages hover the cursor over the image, or click the image for more information.
  • mouse: Just hover the mouse over the number squares to change the center image.
  • overhead: A falcon was engraved behind statues of kings sitting on their thrones or hovering overhead.
  • pointer: Hovering the pointer over a picture will tell you the size of the file you are about to open.
  • helicopter: Police Motorcycles guided the funeral cars through the mid-day traffic as a hovering helicopter kept a watchful eye on the proceeding cavalcade.

Preposition: on

  • brink: The railways of America stood hovering on the brink of bankruptcy.
  • horizon: Two new Charlie Resnick stories hover on the horizon.

Preposition: at

altitude: The two men estimated that the object hovered at an altitude of about 400 feet.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • around: Can you see what's hovering around Jesus ' head?
  • over: Go up there with Zero, then use Axl to hover over to the left to get the Rare Metal.

Adjective modifier

3-foot: The P* will complete the check, return to a 3-foot hover, and announce that the check is completed.

Adjective complement

motionless: It appeared to be caused by some large body hovering motionless above the clouds.

Modifying Another Word

uneasily: Topper - " expressly tailored for the young man's taste " - hovers uneasily in the twilight zone.

Modifies a noun

  • mower: We shall also discuss hover mowers to see whether they really are a lot less bother.
  • fly: East Anglia has been the scene of a plague of hover flies, apparently blown over to our shores from Europe.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • around: Most of their employees hover around the minimum wage.
  • over: You will find the help notes by hovering over the answer with the cursor or mouse.

Preposition: in

  • mid-air: Like Nijinsky who explained how he gave the impression of hovering in mid-air - ' I just pause when I get up there ' .
  • sky: The tower operators looked and there was a " huge fiery orange sphere " hovering in the sky directly over their range station.

Noun used with modifier

mouse: Letting your mouse hover over each image should cause a caption to appear.

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