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hover
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English hoveren, equivalent with hove +? -er (frequentative suffix).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?h?.v?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?v?(r)
- (US, formerly also UK) IPA(key): /?h?.v?/
- Rhymes: -?v?(r)
Verb
hover (third-person singular simple present hovers, present participle hovering, simple past and past participle hovered)
- (intransitive) To float in the air.
- (intransitive) To linger or hang in one place, especially in an uncertain manner.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- (intransitive) To waver, or be uncertain.
- (computing, intransitive) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Welsh: hofran
Translations
Noun
hover (plural hovers)
- The act of hovering
Etymology 2
Unknown
Pronunciation
Noun
hover (plural hovers)
- A cover; a shelter; a protection.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Carew to this entry?)
- 1867, Charles Kingsley, Superstition
- Without the instinct of self-preservation, which causes the sea-anemone to contract its tentacles, or the fish to dash into its hover, species would be extermined wholesale by involuntary suicide.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- høver
Noun
hover m
- indefinite plural of hov
Scots
Verb
hover (third-person singular present hovers, present participle hoverin, past hovert, past participle hovert)
- to hover
- to pause (in hesitation)
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hovercam
English
Etymology
hover +? cam
Noun
hovercam (plural hovercams)
- (science fiction) A mobile hovering camera.
Anagrams
- chemovar
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