What does Hover mean?
Definitions for Hover
ˈhʌv ər, ˈhɒv-hov·er
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Hover.
Princeton's WordNet
hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillateverb
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
"He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
hover, lingerverb
move to and fro
"The shy student lingered in the corner"
hoververb
hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
levitate, hoververb
be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
"The guru claimed that he could levitate"
brood, hover, loom, bulk largeverb
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
"The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
Wiktionary
hoververb
To float in the air.
hoververb
To linger in one place.
hoververb
To waver, or be uncertain.
hoververb
To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
Etymology: hoveren (frequentative of hoven).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Hoververb
Etymology: hovio, to hang over, Welsh.
Some fiery devil hovers in the sky,
And pours down mischief. William Shakespeare, King John.Ah, my poor princes! ah, my tender babes!
If yet your gentle souls fly in the air,
And be not fix’d in doom perpetual,
Hover about me with your airy wings,
And hear your mother’s lamentation. William Shakespeare, Richard III.A hovering mist came swimming o’er his sight,
And seal’d his eyes in everlasting night. John Dryden, Æn.Great flights of birds are hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
’Till as the earthly part decays and falls,
The captive breaks her prison’s mould’ring walls;
Hovers a-while upon the sad remains,
Which now the pile, or sepulchre, contains,
And thence with liberty unbounded flies,
Impatient to regain her native skies. Matthew Prior.Some less refin’d, beneath the moon’s pale light,
Hover, and catch the shooting stars by night. Alexander Pope.The landlord will no longer covenant with him; for that he daily looketh after change and alteration, and hovereth in expectation of new worlds. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
We see so warlike a prince at the head of so great an army, hovering on the borders of our confederates. Addison.
The truth and certainty is seen, and the mind fully possesses itself of it; in the other, it only hovers about it. John Locke.
ChatGPT
hover
Hover refers to the action of remaining suspended or floating in the air in one place. It can apply to objects, insects, birds, aircraft, or even a computer cursor on a screen. In broader terms, it can also refer to someone lingering in a place or near a person, often indicating uncertainty, indecision, or protectiveness.
Webster Dictionary
Hovernoun
a cover; a shelter; a protection
Hoververb
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
Hoververb
to hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely
Etymology: [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.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hover
hov′ėr, v.i. to remain aloft flapping the wings: to wait in suspense: to move about near.—adv. Hov′eringly, in a hovering manner. [Formed from A.S. hof, house.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HOVER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hover is ranked #12218 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Hover surname appeared 2,548 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Hover.
91.1% or 2,322 total occurrences were White.
3.3% or 86 total occurrences were Black.
2.5% or 65 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.7% or 44 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.7% or 20 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.4% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Hover in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Hover in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Hover in a Sentence
The brutal nature of the cold temperatures in towns like Casper, Wyoming, are one for the books, the forecast low in Casper on Monday morning is expected to hover around -1 ° F. Of the nearly 2,500 October days on record in Casper -- records date back to 1939 -- only four mornings have ever been this cold. Incredibly, all four sub-zero October temperatures took place in the final days of October 2019.
Forklifts require a lot of space, to have the ability [with hover engines] to turn on a dime could really solve the problem of ‘the last inch of logistics’.
I get some amazing photos with it, with a drone, you can hover three feet above the steeple and get a picture you can't get any other way.
Fame to be sweet must resound in the ears of those we love, in the atmosphere of the land that will guard our ashes. Fame should hover over our tomb to warm with its heat the chill of death, so that we may not be completely reduced to nothingness, that something of us may survive! (Noli Me Tangere)
With Riyadh showing little inclination to abandon its policy to defend volume rather than price and Iraq striving to at least sustain its record rates, overall OPEC supply looks set to hover around 31.5 million bpd during the coming months.
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- يحومArabic
- vznášet seCzech
- hoverDanish
- verweilen, schweben, platzieren, zögernGerman
- φτερουγίGreek
- ŝvebiEsperanto
- hesitar, flotar, revolotear, dudar, vacilar, levitar, colocar el cursor sobre un enlaceSpanish
- شناورPersian
- epäröidä, kursori, kohdistaa, norkoilla, häilyä, olla kahden vaiheilla, leijailla, leijuaFinnish
- faire du sur-place, placer le curseur au-dessus d'un hyperlien, hésiter, planer, flotterFrench
- flotar, dubidarGalician
- मंडरानाHindi
- lebegHungarian
- melayang-layangIndonesian
- flugetarIdo
- passare il cursore sopra, attardarsi, essere sospeso, volteggiare, essere indeciso, esitare, essere in bilico, ronzare intorno, indugiare, pencolare, aggirarsi, gironzolare, librarsiItalian
- לְרַחֵףHebrew
- ホバーJapanese
- 호버Korean
- hoverLatin
- topakiMāori
- zwevenDutch
- oversveve, hoverNorwegian
- wahać sięPolish
- flutuar, voltear, pairar, hesitarPortuguese
- pluti, oscila, plasa cursorul peste link, planareRomanian
- слоняться, реять, порхать, парить, зависать, вертеться, колебаться, болтаться, витать, мешкать, нависатьRussian
- лебдети, lebdetiSerbo-Croatian
- svävaSwedish
- மிதவைTamil
- โฉบThai
- duraksamakTurkish
- зависатиUkrainian
- ہورUrdu
- bay lượnVietnamese
- כאַווערYiddish
- 徘徊Chinese
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