HOVER

hover

(verb) hang in the air; fly or be suspended above

levitate, hover

(verb) be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; “The guru claimed that he could levitate”

hover, linger

(verb) move to and fro; “The shy student lingered in the corner”

hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate

(verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; “He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement”

brood, hover, loom, bulk large

(verb) hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; “The terrible vision brooded over her all day long”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

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.

(intransitive) To waver, or be uncertain.

(computing, intransitive) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.

Noun

hover (plural hovers)

The act of hovering

Etymology 2

Noun

hover (plural hovers)

A cover; a shelter; a protection.

Etymology

Proper noun

Hover

A surname.

Source: Wiktionary

Hov"er, n. Etym: [Etymol. doubtful.]

Definition: A cover; a shelter; a protection. [Archaic] Carew. C. Kingsley.

Hov"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hovering.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition