1 (of birds, HELICOPTERS, etc.) to stay in the air in one place:
A hawk hovered over the hill. * A full moon hovered in the sky.
2 (of a person) to wait somewhere, especially near sb, in a shy or uncertain manner:
He hovered nervously in the doorway. * He hovered over her, waiting for an answer.
3 [+adv./prep.] to stay close to sth, or to stay in an uncertain state:
Temperatures hovered around freezing. * He hovered on the edge of consciousness. * A smile hovered on her lips. * She was hovering between life and death.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for hover is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is hover a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hover is tagged as prep..
Does hover appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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