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hov·er

(hŭv′ər, hŏv′-)

v. hov·ered, hov·er·ing, hov·ers

v.intr.

1. To remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air: gulls hovering over the waves.

2. To remain or linger in or near a place: hovering around the speaker's podium.

3. To remain in an uncertain state; waver: hovered between anger and remorse.

4. Computers To position a pointer over an object or area of the screen, causing a pop-up box to appear or other change to occur: Hover over the image to display the filename.

v.tr.

1. To cause to hover: The pilot hovered the helicopter a few feet above the icy river.

2. Computers To position (a pointer) over an object or area of the screen: hovered the cursor over the link.

The act or state of hovering: a helicopter in hover.

[Middle English hoveren, frequentative of hoven.]

hov′er·er n.

hov′er·ing·ly adv.

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hover

(ˈhɒvə)

1. (intr) to remain suspended in one place

2. (Zoology) (intr) (of certain birds, esp hawks) to remain in one place in the air by rapidly beating the wings

3. (intr) to linger uncertainly in a nervous or solicitous way

4. (intr) to be in a state of indecision: she was hovering between the two suitors.

5. (Computer Science) (tr) computing to hold (the mouse pointer) over a defined area on a web page without clicking, in order to cause a menu, information box, etc to appear

the act of hovering

[C14: hoveren, variant of hoven, of obscure origin]

ˈhoverer n

ˈhoveringly adv

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hov•er

(ˈhʌv ər, ˈhɒv-)

v. -ered, -er•ing,
n. v.i.

1. to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: a kite hovering over the yard.

2. to keep lingering about; wait near at hand.

3. to remain in an uncertain or irresolute state; waver: to hover between life and death.

4. the act or state of hovering.

[1350–1400; Middle English hoveren, frequentative of hoven to hover, of obscure orig.]

hov′er•er, n.

hov′er•ing•ly, adv.

hover

- Comes from hove, "raise, lift, rise" or "linger, wait."

Hover

of trout: a school of trout—Lipton, 1970; of crows.

hover

Past participle: hovered
Gerund: hovering

Imperative
hover
hover

Present
I hover
you hover
he/she/it hovers
we hover
you hover
they hover

Preterite
I hovered
you hovered
he/she/it hovered
we hovered
you hovered
they hovered

Present Continuous
I am hovering
you are hovering
he/she/it is hovering
we are hovering
you are hovering
they are hovering

Present Perfect
I have hovered
you have hovered
he/she/it has hovered
we have hovered
you have hovered
they have hovered

Past Continuous
I was hovering
you were hovering
he/she/it was hovering
we were hovering
you were hovering
they were hovering

Past Perfect
I had hovered
you had hovered
he/she/it had hovered
we had hovered
you had hovered
they had hovered

Future
I will hover
you will hover
he/she/it will hover
we will hover
you will hover
they will hover

Future Perfect
I will have hovered
you will have hovered
he/she/it will have hovered
we will have hovered
you will have hovered
they will have hovered

Future Continuous
I will be hovering
you will be hovering
he/she/it will be hovering
we will be hovering
you will be hovering
they will be hovering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hovering
you have been hovering
he/she/it has been hovering
we have been hovering
you have been hovering
they have been hovering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hovering
you will have been hovering
he/she/it will have been hovering
we will have been hovering
you will have been hovering
they will have been hovering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hovering
you had been hovering
he/she/it had been hovering
we had been hovering
you had been hovering
they had been hovering

Conditional
I would hover
you would hover
he/she/it would hover
we would hover
you would hover
they would hover

Past Conditional
I would have hovered
you would have hovered
he/she/it would have hovered
we would have hovered
you would have hovered
they would have hovered

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Verb	1.	hover - be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" oscillate, vacillate, vibrate hesitate, waffle, waver - pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" shillyshally - be uncertain and vague
	2.	hover - move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner" linger hesitate, waffle, waver - pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
	3.	hover - hang in the air; fly or be suspended above fly, wing - travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" poise - be motionless, in suspension; "The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked"
	4.	hover - be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate" levitate levitate - cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; "The magician levitated the woman"
	5.	hover - hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" bulk large, brood, loom hang - be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her" eclipse, overshadow, dominate - be greater in significance than; "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"

hover

verb

1. float, fly, hang, drift, be suspended, flutter, poise Beautiful butterflies hovered above the wild flowers.

2. linger, loiter, wait nearby, hang about or around (informal) Judith was hovering in the doorway.

3. waver, alternate, fluctuate, haver (Brit.), falter, dither (chiefly Brit.), oscillate, vacillate, seesaw, swither (Scot. dialect) We hover between great hopes and great fears.

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hover

verb

1. To remain stationary over a place or object:

hang, poise.

2. To move quickly, lightly, and irregularly like a bird in flight:

flicker, flit, flitter, flutter.

Translations

يَتَلَكَّأ، يَتَأرجَحيَحوميُرَفْرِف

točit seváhatvznášet se

kredse omvakle

schweben sich herumtreiben platzieren schwanken

αιωρούμαι

flotar en el aire planear revolotear rondar

epäröidäkohdistaakursorileijaillaleijua

hésiter rôder autour de voltiger

lóg

flögraí lausu loftihringsóla kringumvelkjast í vafa

librarsi tugurio attardarsi baracca gironzolare

slankiotisvyruotitransporto priemonė su oro pagalve

grozīties apkārtlidinātiessvārstīties

kretse om

hesitar pairar voltear

зависнуть

lebdeti

dolanıp durmakhavada uçup durmakkararsız olmaktereddüt etmek

徘徊犹豫盘旋翱翔

hover

[ˈhɒvəʳ]

A. VI

1. [bird] → planear, cernerse

2. (fig) [person] → rondar
a couple of waiters were hovering near our table → un par de camareros rondaban cerca de nuestra mesa
she was hovering in the doorway → andaba rondando por la entrada
he was hovering between life and death → se debatía entre la vida y la muerte

B. CPD hover fly N → mosca f de las flores

hover about VI + ADV, VI + PREP = hover around

hover around

A. VI + ADV → rondar

B. VI + PREP to hover around sb → rondar a algn, girar en torno a algn

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hover

[ˈhɒvə^r]

(in the air) [hawk] → planer; [helicopter] → être en vol stationnaire

(= be hesitant) [person] → hésiter

vt
to hover the mouse over sth (COMPUTING) → faire passer le pointeur au dessus de qch

hover

(helicopter, insect) → schweben; (bird) → schweben, stehen

(fig) a smile hovered on her lips → ein Lächeln lag auf ihren Lippen; she hovered on the verge of death → sie war dem Tode nahe; to hover on the brink of disaster → am Rande des Ruins stehen; danger was hovering all around them → ringsum lauerte Gefahr; he hovered between two alternatives → er schwankte zwischen zwei Alternativen; he was hovering between life and death → er schwebte zwischen Leben und Tod; the exchange rate is hovering around 110 yen to the dollar → der Wechselkurs bewegt sich um die 110 Yen für den Dollar

(fig: = stand around) → herumstehen; to hover over somebody → jdm nicht von der Seite weichen; don’t hover over me → geh endlich weg; a waiter hovered at his elbow, waiting to refill his glass → ein Kellner schwebte herum und wartete nur darauf, nachzuschenken

hover

hovercraft

n → Luftkissenboot nt

hoverport

n → Anlegestelle f → für Luftkissenboote

hovertrain

n → Luftkissenzug m

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hover

[ˈhɒvəʳ] vi (bird) → librarsi; (helicopter) → volare a punto fisso
a smile hovered on her lips → un sorriso indugiava sulle sue labbra
to hover on the brink of disaster → essere sull'orlo del disastro

hover about hover around vi + adv → stare or girare intorno
to hover round sb → aggirarsi intorno a qn

hover

(ˈhovə) , ((American) ˈha-) verb

1. (of a bird, insect etc) to remain in the air without moving in any direction.

2. to move around while still remaining near a person etc. I wish she'd stop hovering round me and go away.

3. (with between) to be undecided. She hovered between leaving and staying.

ˈhovercraft noun

a vehicle which is able to move over land or water, supported by a cushion of air.

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There, in mid-air, shining softly out of the dark background of the trees, still hovered the starry apparition of the child.

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In this way, they hovered round him, feathering him with arrows, as he reared and plunged about, until he was bristled all over like a porcupine.

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Midway between her face and the ceiling, there hovered a human head-- severed at the neck, like a head struck from the body by the guillotine.

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As in their dumb beauty they hovered by me whilst I was walking, or looked down upon me with steady curious eyes from out the foliage, I was almost inclined to fancy that they knew they were gazing upon a stranger, and that they commiserated his fate.

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The mass of women and children stopped, and hovered together like alarmed and fluttering birds.

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Over him hovered the ghost of Washington in warning attitude, and in the background a troop of shadowy soldiers in Continental uniform were limping with shoeless, bandaged feet through a driving snow-storm.

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Others hovered above the fight, their men ever and again firing shots down at some chance exposure below.

The flat Asiatic airships kept high above the Germans and behind them, and fired unanswered bullets into their gas-chambers and upon their flanks--the one-man flying-machines hovered and alighted like a swarm of attacking bees.