Dictionary Definition
hover
Verb
1 be undecided about something; waver between
conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between
accepting the new position and retirement" [syn: vibrate, vacillate, oscillate]
2 move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in
the corner" [syn: linger]
3 hang in the air; fly or be suspended
above
4 be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of
gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate" [syn: levitate]
5 hang over, as of something threatening, dark,
or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
[syn: brood, loom, bulk
large]
User Contributed Dictionary
Verb
- to float in the
air
- The hummingbird hovered by the plant
- to linger in one
place
- The strange man hovered outside the gents
- to waver, or be
uncertain
- This time, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat
- To place the cursor
over a hyperlink
without clicking
- a tooltip appears when you hover over this link
Translations
to linger in one place
to waver, or be uncertain
- Finnish: häilyä, olla kahden vaiheilla
- Portuguese: hesitar
to place the cursor over a hyperlink
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Hover can refer to:
- Float
- Levitation
- Hover (helicopter) - nearly stationary flight in a helicopter.
- Hovercraft
- Hovercar
- Ground effect in aircraft
- Hover!, a computer game for Microsoft Windows
- Høver, a Norwegian aircraft designer, most noted for the Høver M.F. 11
- Great Wall Hover, an SUV produced by Great Wall Motors
See also
hover in Dutch: Hover
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aeroplane, airlift, airplane, approach, around, ascend, aspire, await, back down, balance, balloon, be airborne, be
imminent, be in store, become airborne, brew, clasp, claw skyward, cling to,
come on, confront,
cruise, dance, debate, deliberate, demur, draw near, draw nigh, draw
on, drift, face, falter, fear, ferry, flicker, flit, flitter, float, flutter, fly, fly aloft, follow close upon,
forthcome, gain
altitude, gather,
glide, go with, hang, hang about, hang around, hang
back, hang over, hem and haw, hesitate, hop, hover over, huddle, hug, hug the shore, hum and haw,
hydroplane, impend, jet, jib, keep close to, kite, leave the ground, levitate, lie by, lie over,
linger, loiter, loom, lower, march with, menace, navigate, near, overhang, pause, plane, poise, ponder, pull back, retreat, rise, sail, sailplane, scruple, seaplane, shilly-shally,
shy, soar, spire, stand by, stay inshore,
stay near, stick at, stickle, stop to consider,
straddle the fence, strain at, tailgate, take off, take the
air, take wing, think twice about, threaten, volplane, wait, wing, withdraw, yield, zoom