Hover - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
- move to and fro (syn: linger)
- hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
- be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity (syn: levitate)
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing (syn: brood, loom)
Extra examples
Watch as the hummingbird hovers over the flowers.
Bees hovered around the hive.
Waiters hovered near our table.
Unemployment rates were hovering around 10 percent.
Temperatures will continue to hover around freezing.
The patient was hovering between life and death.
The country hovers on the brink of famine.
The big bird was hovering high in the sky.
We hovered around our guide.
The fear of a new war hovered over us.
The fear of dismissal has been hovering over me ever since the director's warning.
A mind hovering on the verge of madness.
Her younger brother hovered in the background watching us.
I noticed several reporters hovering around outside the courtroom.
The dollar has been hovering around the 110 yen level.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: hover
he/she/it: hovers
present participle: hovering
past tense: hovered
past participle: hovered
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