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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"

2. Verb. Move to and fro. "The shy student lingered in the corner"

3. Verb. Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above. "There hover some big birds in the tree"

4. Verb. Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity. ; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"

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"

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. Verb. To float in the air. ¹

2. Verb. To linger in one place. ¹

3. Verb. To waver, or be uncertain. ¹

4. Verb. (computing) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hover

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hover

houve hove hovea hoved hovel hoveled hoveler hovelers hoveling hovelled

hoveller hovellers hovelling hovels hoven hover (current term) hover-flies hover-fly hover-hawk hovera

hoverbarge hoverbarges hoverbike hoverbikes hoverboard hoverboarder hoverboarders hoverboarding hoverboards hovercam

Literary usage of Hover

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright (1878)
"All. Fair is foul, and foul is fair: hover through the fog and filthy air. [Exeunt. SCENE II. A camp near Forres. Alarum within. ..."

2. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"AFTER WHITTIER HIRAM hover (A Ballad of New England life) WHERE the ... Met, along the forest side Hiram hover, Huldah Hyde. She, a maiden fair and dapper, ..."

3. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"HIRAM hover A BALLAD OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE WHERE the ... Met, along the forest side Hiram hover, Huldah Hyde. She, a maiden fair and dapper, He, a red-haired, ..."

4. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and by John Smith (1830)
"... bearing a scroll, hover above. Engraved by Bolswert and ... of them has a chalice, the other carries a casket ; a company of four angels hover above. ..."

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