Definition of Hover

1. Verb. Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action. "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

Exact synonyms: Oscillate, Vacillate, Vibrate
Generic synonyms: Hesitate, Waffle, Waver
Specialized synonyms: Shillyshally
Derivative terms: Oscillation, Vacillant, Vacillation, Vacillator

2. Verb. Move to and fro. "The shy student lingered in the corner"
Exact synonyms: Linger
Generic synonyms: Hesitate, Waffle, Waver

3. Verb. Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above. "There hover some big birds in the tree"
Generic synonyms: Fly, Wing
Specialized synonyms: Poise

4. Verb. Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity. ; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"
Exact synonyms: Levitate
Related verbs: Levitate
Entails: Arise, Come Up, Go Up, Lift, Move Up, Rise, Uprise
Derivative terms: Levitation

5. Verb. Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing. "There hover some big birds in the tree"; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
Exact synonyms: Brood, Bulk Large, Loom
Generic synonyms: Hang
Specialized synonyms: Dominate, Eclipse, Overshadow

Definition of Hover

1. n. A cover; a shelter; a protection.

2. v. i. 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.

Definition of Hover

1. to hang suspended in the air [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hover

Houyhnhnm
Houyhnhnms
hove
hovea
hoved
hovel
hoveled
hoveling
hovelled
hoveller
hovellers
hovelling
hovels
hoven
hoven
hover (current term)
hover-hawk
hovercraft
hovercrafts
hovered
hoverer
hoverers
hoverflies
hoverfly
hovering
hovers
hoves
hoving
how
how-d'ye-do

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