hover
to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
to keep lingering about; wait near at hand.
to remain in an uncertain or irresolute state; waver: to hover between life and death.
Computers. to place a pointer over an area of a screen without clicking or tapping, as with a mouse or stylus: Hover over the icon to reveal more information.
to cause to hover.
Computers. to place (a pointer) over an area of a screen without clicking or tapping.
the act or state of hovering.
Origin of hover
1synonym study For hover
Other words for hover
Other words from hover
- hov·er·er, noun
- hov·er·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use hover in a sentence
It was taking all my concentration just to try to hold a stable hover, basically, and safely put the swimmer down.
Stay calm under pressure with lessons learned in the world’s most stressful careers | Rob Verger | January 8, 2021 | Popular-ScienceGoogle opens those issues in a hover over window on the right of the page.
Bing’s new URL Inspection tool: What it does and why to use it | Barry Schwartz | July 30, 2020 | Search Engine LandSpecial suits allow you and your team to hover over gaps and jump to superhuman heights.
Kevin Spacey Stars as a Frank Underwood-like Warmonger in ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ | Alec Kubas-Meyer | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe also repeatedly tied her to President Obama, whose approval ratings in the state hover in the 30s.
Nunn-Perdue: The Devil Went Down to Perry, Georgia | Patricia Murphy | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTINTERACTIVE: hover over markers for more from each range on their age and firearm restrictions for children.
Where Kids as Young as 5 Learn to Shoot Automatic Weapons | Brandy Zadrozny | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Not to mention the untold number of families who hover just one medical crisis or job loss away from financial ruin.
His approval ratings, improbably, hover around the 40 percent mark.
They 'ung 'im in the lamp chains right hover the dinin' table, and then finished the dessert.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousThey were all glad to hover around the blaze, now and then; and especially so when they ate their luncheons.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonSometimes the Time Observatory would pinpoint an age and hover over it while his companions took painstaking historical notes.
The Man from Time | Frank Belknap LongAs your guests will come dropping in at all hours, you must hover near the door to greet each one entering.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyOurrias is carried to the bottom of the river by the goblins and spirits that come out and hover over it at night.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
British Dictionary definitions for hover
/ (ˈhɒvə) /
(intr) to remain suspended in one place
(intr) (of certain birds, esp hawks) to remain in one place in the air by rapidly beating the wings
(intr) to linger uncertainly in a nervous or solicitous way
(intr) to be in a state of indecision: she was hovering between the two suitors
(tr) computing to hold (the mouse pointer) over a defined area on a web page without clicking, in order to cause a menu, information box, etc to appear
the act of hovering
Origin of hover
1Derived forms of hover
- hoverer, noun
- hoveringly, adverb
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