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hover
[ huhv-er, hov- ]
verb (used without object)
- 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.
Synonyms: , ,
- 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.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to hover.
- Computers. to place (a pointer) over an area of a screen without clicking or tapping.
noun
- the act or state of hovering.
hover
/ ˈ³óÉ’±¹É™ /
verb
- 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
noun
- the act of hovering
Derived Forms
- ˈ³ó´Ç±¹±ð°ù¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
- ˈ³ó´Ç±¹±ð°ù±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³ó´Ç±¹î€½Ä°ù·±ð°ù noun
- ³ó´Ç±¹î€½Ä°ù·¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hover1
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Example Sentences
As the average student loan balance currently hovers around $40,000, some companies are helping employees pay down their balances through employer student loan assistance programs.
Aside from the general “don’t touch†social prohibition hovering in the presence of any art object, lifting this particular weighty slab is impossible.
The big question hovering over all these tariffs, starting with Mexico and Canada and now the rest of the world, is what Donald Trump really wants.
That was uncertainty, and it hovered over the most prosperous period in our history.
"Every time I've been here and I've opened the door, somebody's come past and you can see them hovering around a bit," she said.
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