'Hover' definitions:
Definition of 'hover'
(from WordNet)
verb
Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" [syn: hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate]
verb
Move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner" [syn: hover, linger]
verb
Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
verb
Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate" [syn: levitate, hover]
verb
Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" [syn: brood, hover, loom, bulk large]
Definition of 'Hover'
From: GCIDE
- Hover \Hov"er\, n. [Etymol. doubtful.] A cover; a shelter; a protection. [Archaic] --Carew. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hover'
From: GCIDE
- Hover \Hov"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hovering.] [OE. hoveren, and hoven, prob. orig., to abide, linger, and fr. AS. hof house; cf. OFries. hovia to receive into one's house. See Hovel.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Great flights of birds are hovering about the bridge, and settling on it. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely. [1913 Webster]
- Agricola having sent his navy to hover on the coast. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Hovering o'er the paper with her quill. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hover'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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