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hov⋅er

  [huhv-er, hov-]
Use hover in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
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.
–noun
4. the act or state of hovering.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME hoveren, freq. of hoven to hover < ?

Related forms:
hov⋅er⋅er, noun
hov⋅er⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See fly 1 . 3. falter, pause, fluctuate.
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hov·er   (hŭv'ər, hŏv'-)   
intr.v.   hov·ered, hov·er·ing, hov·ers

  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.

n.  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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

hover 
c.1400, hoveren, freq. of hoven "hover, tarry, linger" (c.1250), of unknown origin, chiefly nautical at first, of ships standing off a coast. Hovercraft first attested 1959; a proprietary name after 1961.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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