to hover
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2.8
- verb
- /ˈhʌvər/
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pairar
- Some of the gulls screamed and hovered in the air to get the attention of the diner.
- hover in the air
- helicopter hovers
- hover overhead
They fly down the road and they will hover over these landmines, landmines.
- They fly down the road and they will hover over these landmines, landmines.
- Is this big thing hovering right over top.
- It's not like a quadcopter drone situation where it can hover, It needs a runway, it needs some speed.
- The person could lift his feet up off the floor and he would just hover there.
- See, at the beginning of the painting she cradles her viscera, a small window hovering in front of her head.
- And I look up at this helicopter that's hovering and looking at me and I'm like OK.
- Today we'll talk about why Mars glows green, an amazingly cool way to make magnets hover.
- The Hummingbird prevails, the golden bee hovers, The air bears down on the canopy as furniture, music.
Examples
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So I kept, I would walk in and my hands would be up and I would kind of like hover like this.
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So it hovers, we have back, forward.
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Bringing it in to hover.
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I'm just saying it's like a flying car that can only hover a foot off the ground.
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So that should be just hovering and it is.
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H rose slowly into the air, hovering about a foot above the ground.
Fiction book (1991) -
Helicopter hovering gently, just off the ground.
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I was on dust when a dragonfly hovered at the opening of the window.
Fiction book (1990) -
An unknown number of wounded are there now, and there are medical choppers apparently hovering above.
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The drone will hover above the crowd during the event to capture aerial footage.
Synonyms
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3.7
To stay in the air or in a place, often as a feeling
17
2.9
Keep something or someone in place and still
15
3.3
Stay in the air above something, moving only a little, like a helicopter or bird
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1.5
Not move from a place
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
15
3.3
Stay in the air above something, moving only a little, like a helicopter or bird
- Specialized
4
3.5
Hold the computer pointer over an item without clicking to show extra information
How Still
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hover comes from an old English word meaning 'to hang' or 'hang over'. Think of it as like hanging in the air, which is why we use it for a helicopter or bird that stays in one place above the ground.