Hover

Verb



 * 1) To float in the air.
 * 2) * The hummingbird hovered by the plant.
 * 3) To linger in one place.
 * 4) * The strange man hovered outside the gents.
 * 5) * This time, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat.
 * 6) *1883,, 
 * 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.
 * 1) To waver, or be uncertain.
 * 2)  To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
 * 3) * A tooltip appears when you hover over this link.

Adverbs for Hover
perpetually; perilously; caressingly; ceaselessly; expectantly; eagerly; protectingly; lovingly.

Synonyms for Hover
fly, librate, poise, hang, linger, waver, vacillate, wait, delay, flutter, doubt, stall, remain, swarm, lurk, flit, supervise, protect.

Antonyms for Hover
go, leave, avoid, abandon, rest, settle.

Thesaurus
aeroplane, airlift, airplane, approach, around, ascend, aspire, await, back down, balance, balloon, be airborne, be imminent, be in store, become airborne, brew, clasp, claw skyward, cling to, come on, confront, cruise, dance, debate, deliberate, demur, draw near, draw nigh, draw on, drift, face, falter, fear, ferry, flicker, flit, flitter, float, flutter, fly, fly aloft, follow close upon, forthcome, gain altitude, gather, glide, go with, hang, hang about, hang around, hang back, hang over, hem and haw, hesitate, hop, hover over, huddle, hug, hug the shore, hum and haw, hydroplane, impend, jet, jib, keep close to, kite, leave the ground, levitate, lie by, lie over, linger, loiter, loom, lower, march with, menace, navigate, near, overhang, pause, plane, poise, ponder, pull back, retreat, rise, sail, sailplane, scruple, seaplane, shilly-shally, shy, soar, spire, stand by, stay inshore, stay near, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain at, tailgate, take off, take the air, take wing, think twice about, threaten, volplane, wait, wing, withdraw, yield, zoom

Etymology
hoveren: (frequentative of hoven:).

Translations

 * Esperanto: ŝvebi
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: ,


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * French: faire du sur-place
 * German: verweilen
 * Italian:, ,  ,  ,  ronzare intorno


 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish: häilyä, olla kahden vaiheilla,
 * French: Hésiter
 * Galician: dubidar


 * Italian: essere indeciso, essere sospeso,  essere in bilico,  pencolare,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:


 * Finnish: kursori
 * German: Den Cursor auf einem Hyperlink


 * Italian: passare il cursore sopra
 * Romanian: plasa cursorul peste link
 * Spanish: colocar el cursor sobre un enlace

Derived terms

 * hovercraft

Verb

 * 1) to hover
 * 2) to pause in hesitation