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hover definition

hover (huv′ər, häv′-)

intransitive verb

  1. to stay suspended or flutter in the air near one place
  2. to linger or wait close by, esp. in an overprotective, insistent, or anxious way
  3. to be in an uncertain condition; waver (between)

Etymology: ME hoveren, freq. of hoven, to stay (suspended)

noun

the act of hovering

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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