Definitions
1.VerbTo keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; of a thing: to cover or surround (something).
Of a bird or insect: to flap (its wings) so it can remain stationary in the air.
2.VerbTo keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
3.VerbOf a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; of a thing: to cover or surround (something).
4.VerbOf a bird or insect: to flap (its wings) so it can remain stationary in the air.
5.VerbTo remain stationary or float in the air."The hummingbird hovered by the plant.; His pen hovered above the paper.; The strange man hovered outside the gents’ toilet.; The visitors were hovering at the door, seemingly unwilling to enter.; Some helicopter parents weren’t so much dropping off their kids as hovering over them until the event started.; Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat.; A tooltip appears when you hover over this link."
6.VerbTo remain stationary or float in the air."The hummingbird hovered by the plant."
7.VerbSometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner."His pen hovered above the paper.; The strange man hovered outside the gents’ toilet.; The visitors were hovering at the door, seemingly unwilling to enter.; Some helicopter parents weren’t so much dropping off their kids as hovering over them until the event started.; Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat."
8.VerbSometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner."His pen hovered above the paper.; The strange man hovered outside the gents’ toilet.; The visitors were hovering at the door, seemingly unwilling to enter.; Some helicopter parents weren’t so much dropping off their kids as hovering over them until the event started."
9.VerbTo be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver."Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat."
10.VerbChiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip)."A tooltip appears when you hover over this link."
11.VerbTo travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
12.NounAn act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
13.NounA flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
14.NounAn act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
15.NounA cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.