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ALL meanings of hover

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  • noun hover Remain in one place in the air. 1
  • verb without object hover to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building. 1
  • verb without object hover to keep lingering about; wait near at hand. 1
  • verb without object hover to remain in an uncertain or irresolute state; waver: to hover between life and death. 1
  • verb without object hover 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. 1
  • verb with object hover to cause to hover. 1
  • verb with object hover Computers. to place (a pointer) over an area of a screen without clicking or tapping. 1
  • noun hover the act or state of hovering. 1
  • intransitive verb hover hang in air 1
  • intransitive verb hover loiter 1
  • intransitive verb hover number, amount: stay the same 1
  • abbreviation HOVER hesitate 1
  • verb hover To hover means to stay in the same position in the air without moving forwards or backwards. Many birds and insects can hover by moving their wings very quickly. 0
  • verb hover If you hover, you stay in one place and move slightly in a nervous way, for example because you cannot decide what to do. 0
  • verb hover If you hover, you are in an uncertain situation or state of mind. 0
  • verb hover If a something such as a price, value, or score hovers around a particular level, it stays at more or less that level and does not change much. 0
  • verb hover to remain suspended in one place 0
  • verb hover (of certain birds, esp hawks) to remain in one place in the air by rapidly beating the wings 0
  • verb hover to linger uncertainly in a nervous or solicitous way 0
  • verb hover to be in a state of indecision 0
  • verb hover 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 0
  • noun hover the act of hovering 0
  • intransitive verb hover to stay suspended or flutter in the air near one place 0
  • intransitive verb hover to linger or wait close by, esp. in an overprotective, insistent, or anxious way 0
  • intransitive verb hover to be in an uncertain condition; waver (between) 0
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