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[huhv-er, hov-] 
–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 < ?
1350–1400; ME hoveren, freq. of hoven to hover < ?
Related forms:
hov⋅er⋅er, noun
hov⋅er⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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| hov·er (hŭv'ər, hŏv'-) intr.v. hov·ered, hov·er·ing, hov·ers
[Middle English hoveren, frequentative of hoven.] hov'er·er n., hov'er·ing·ly adv. |
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Hover
Hov"er\, n. [Etymol. doubtful.] A cover; a shelter; a protection. [Archaic] --Carew. --C. Kingsley.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. Great flights of birds are hovering about the bridge, and settling on it. --Addison. A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight. --Dryden. 2. To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely. Agricola having sent his navy to hover on the coast. --Milton. Hovering o'er the paper with her quill. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : hover
Spanish:
permanecer inmóvil en el aire, flotar en el aire, revolotear,
German:
schweben,
Japanese:
空を舞う
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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