hover
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/ˈhɒ.və(ɹ)/
English
Definitions
noun
- The act of hovering
verb
- To float in the air.“The hummingbird hovered by the plant.”
- To linger or hang in one place, especially in an uncertain manner.“His pen hovered above the paper.”
- To waver, or be uncertain.“Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat.”
- To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.“A tooltip appears when you hover over this link.”
noun
- A cover; a shelter; a protection.
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