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1. (v.i.) hover
to hang fluttering or suspended in the air:
a kite hovering over the yard.
2. hover
to keep lingering about; wait near at hand.
3. hover
to remain in an uncertain or irresolute state; waver:
to hover between life and death.
4. (n.) hover
the act or state of hovering.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME hoveren, freq. of hoven to hover, of obscure orig.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
"He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
2. (verb) hover, linger
move to and fro
"The shy student lingered in the corner"
3. (verb) hover
hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
4. (verb) levitate, hover
be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
"The guru claimed that he could levitate"
5. (verb) brood, hover, loom, bulk large
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
"The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
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1. (verb) hover
(of sth that flies) to stay in one place in the air
***an insect hovering near the flower; helicopters hovering overhead
2. hover
***to stand close to sb, watching but not doing anything
The boy talked to his teacher as his parents hovered nearby.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hover
a cover; a shelter; a protection
2. (verb) hover
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
3. (verb) hover
to hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely
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Sense: (of a bird, insect etc) to remain in the air without moving in any direction.
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 Afrikaans: sweef |
 Arabic: يُرَفْرِف |
 Bulgarian: рея се |
 Brazilian: pairar |
 Czech: vznášet se |
 German: schweben |
 Danish: stå stille i luften |
 Greek: μένω μετέωρος στον αέρα ( |
 Spanish: permanecer inmóvil en el |
 Estonian: hõljuma |
 Farsi: در جا بال زدن |
 Finnish: leijailla |
 French: voltiger, planer |
 Hebrew: לְרַחֵף |
 Hindi: हवा में एक ही जगह चक्कर क |
 Croatian: lebdjeti (ptice, kukci) |
 Hungarian: lebeg |
 Indonesian: melayang-layang |
 Icelandic: flögra{{JU}} |
 Italian: librarsi |
 Japanese: 空を舞う |
 Korean: (새, 곤충 등이) 한 곳을 선회하다 |
 Lithuanian: sklandyti |
 Latvian: (par putnu) lidināties |
 Malay: mengepak-ngepak di udara |
 Dutch: zweven |
 Norwegian: sveve |
 Polish: wisieć w powietrzu |
 Persian: در جا بال زدن |
 Pashto: وزروهل |
 Portuguese: pairar |
 Romanian: a plana, a survola |
 Russian: парить |
 Slovak: vznášať sa |
 Slovenian: lebdeti |
 Serbian: lebdeti |
 Swedish: sväva, stå still i luften |
 Thai: บินร่อน |
 Turkish: havada uçup durmak |
 Taiwanese: (鳥、昆蟲)翱翔，盤旋 |
 Ukrainian: зависати |
 Urdu: ہوا میں ایک ہی جگہ منڈلان |
 Vietnamese: bay lượn |
 Chinese: 翱翔，盘旋 |
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