Hover
verb
To remain in one place in the air.
The helicopter hovered above the ground before landing.
Often appears as...
- hover in the air
- hover above
verb
To stay near or around a place or person, not settling or moving away.
The doctor hovered around the patient, checking for any signs of improvement.
Often appears as...
- hover around
- hover over
verb
To be in a state of uncertainty, delay, or indecision.
The verdict of the jury seemed to hover between guilt and innocence.
Often appears as...
- hover between
- hover over
verb
To be in a position ready to act or intervene if necessary.
She hovered near the telephone, hoping for a call from her children.
Often appears as...
- hover near
- hover about
verb
In computing, to hold the cursor over a particular area on a screen without clicking.
If you hover your mouse over the icon, a description will appear.
Often appears as...
- hover over
- hover the mouse
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verb
To remain in one place in the air.
The helicopter hovered above the ground before landing.
Often appears as...
- hover in the air
- hover above
verb
To stay near or around a place or person, not settling or moving away.
The doctor hovered around the patient, checking for any signs of improvement.
Often appears as...
- hover around
- hover over
verb
To be in a state of uncertainty, delay, or indecision.
The verdict of the jury seemed to hover between guilt and innocence.
Often appears as...
- hover between
- hover over
verb
To be in a position ready to act or intervene if necessary.
She hovered near the telephone, hoping for a call from her children.
Often appears as...
- hover near
- hover about
verb
In computing, to hold the cursor over a particular area on a screen without clicking.
If you hover your mouse over the icon, a description will appear.
Often appears as...
- hover over
- hover the mouse
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Suspension
Describes something floating stationary, defying gravity like a helicopter or bird.
The dragonfly hovered over the pond.
Pro Tip 2/2Hovercraft Reference
Can refer to vehicles designed for hovering over land or water.
The hovercraft skims over the surface of the water.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Suspension
Describes something floating stationary, defying gravity like a helicopter or bird.
The dragonfly hovered over the pond.
Pro Tip 2/2Hovercraft Reference
Can refer to vehicles designed for hovering over land or water.
The hovercraft skims over the surface of the water.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Suspension
Describes something floating stationary, defying gravity like a helicopter or bird.
The dragonfly hovered over the pond.
Pro Tip 2/2Hovercraft Reference
Can refer to vehicles designed for hovering over land or water.
The hovercraft skims over the surface of the water.
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The astounding athletic...
to analyze these models and also to synthesize algorithms for controlling them. For example, that's how we can make the quad hover. We first captured the dynamics with a set of differential equations. We then manipulate these equations with the help of control theory to create algorithms that stabilize the quad.
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How do models help us...
take that volume of air it's like a column and I throw it down that's what this helicopter is doing now there's two important equations this the important point is this is just based on drawing balls down okay so I can say how much how fast is that air have to go in order to make the helicopter hover
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Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
thousands of photographs you had itty bitty mobs they were just kind of hovering in space medium sized mods landing on the flower but no capability to get any nectar as a reward there's one photo where the orchid just bounces out of the frame down and out of the frame up I'm like what in the world is
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
The two really bad ideas that are hovering in the modern world that inhibit our capacity to draw strength from The first idea is that art should be for art's sake -- a ridiculous idea -- an idea that art should live in a hermetic bubble and should not try to do anything with this troubled world.
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How to Raise Successful...
there's a lot of harm going on there as well, where parents feel a kid can't be successful unless the parent is protecting and preventing at every turn and hovering over every happening, and micromanaging every moment, and steering their kid towards some small subset of colleges and careers.
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The surprising secrets...
often consuming an average of four meals an hour while flying. Fortunately, their hovering lets them eat at remarkable angles without perching, consuming food that would otherwise be impossible to reach. Using their long slender bills, they reach deep inside flowers and pump out nectar
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Inside the Dark World of...
The spikes were all the way around, pressing into her skin. She was kind of hovering it in the air, because obviously it hurt to put weight on it and I asked her mahout why and he said it's because she likes to kick. Her mahout said that he puts it on for a little while
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What you don't know...
I can't tell you how to find a chore-loving person of the approximately ideal size and attractiveness, who prefers horror movies and doesn't have a lot of friends hovering on the brink of divorce, but I can only encourage you to try,
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When to use apostrophes...
to mark possession, to mark contraction, to mark the plural of single letters. Most of the time, if you see an apostrophe hovering helpfully near a word, it's trying to mark possession or contraction.
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Weird Ocean Predators...
life out on the open ocean a storm petrel dancing on the water but this is no Aimable walls it's a hunt as they hover facing into the wind they pick out
Video examples
The astounding athletic...
to analyze these models and also to synthesize algorithms for controlling them. For example, that's how we can make the quad hover. We first captured the dynamics with a set of differential equations. We then manipulate these equations with the help of control theory to create algorithms that stabilize the quad.
Video examples
How do models help us...
take that volume of air it's like a column and I throw it down that's what this helicopter is doing now there's two important equations this the important point is this is just based on drawing balls down okay so I can say how much how fast is that air have to go in order to make the helicopter hover
Video examples
Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
thousands of photographs you had itty bitty mobs they were just kind of hovering in space medium sized mods landing on the flower but no capability to get any nectar as a reward there's one photo where the orchid just bounces out of the frame down and out of the frame up I'm like what in the world is
Video examples
Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
The two really bad ideas that are hovering in the modern world that inhibit our capacity to draw strength from The first idea is that art should be for art's sake -- a ridiculous idea -- an idea that art should live in a hermetic bubble and should not try to do anything with this troubled world.
Video examples
How to Raise Successful...
there's a lot of harm going on there as well, where parents feel a kid can't be successful unless the parent is protecting and preventing at every turn and hovering over every happening, and micromanaging every moment, and steering their kid towards some small subset of colleges and careers.
Video examples
The surprising secrets...
often consuming an average of four meals an hour while flying. Fortunately, their hovering lets them eat at remarkable angles without perching, consuming food that would otherwise be impossible to reach. Using their long slender bills, they reach deep inside flowers and pump out nectar
Video examples
Inside the Dark World of...
The spikes were all the way around, pressing into her skin. She was kind of hovering it in the air, because obviously it hurt to put weight on it and I asked her mahout why and he said it's because she likes to kick. Her mahout said that he puts it on for a little while
Video examples
What you don't know...
I can't tell you how to find a chore-loving person of the approximately ideal size and attractiveness, who prefers horror movies and doesn't have a lot of friends hovering on the brink of divorce, but I can only encourage you to try,
Video examples
When to use apostrophes...
to mark possession, to mark contraction, to mark the plural of single letters. Most of the time, if you see an apostrophe hovering helpfully near a word, it's trying to mark possession or contraction.
Video examples
Weird Ocean Predators...
life out on the open ocean a storm petrel dancing on the water but this is no Aimable walls it's a hunt as they hover facing into the wind they pick out
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
I have a very clear understanding of what my voice is. It's like a B voice. It hovers around B-minus, B-plus. I have great friends who are wonderful singers, and I know I'll never be able to do that. But singing through a character is something I can do.
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Isaac Watts
English Politician
Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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Wes Bentley
American Actor
A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far enough away so that you really understand it. There is real life in this movie, but it hovers just an inch above reality.
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Selma Blair
American Actress
I'm one of those hovering mothers and I know it's really important to have an independent child, so I'm trying to back off, but it's hard. I love him so much, and he's so funny and cute to me.
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Kurt Fuller
American Actor
The Will Smith that you see in movies is exactly the same as Will Smith in real life. Except for when he plays a superhero, because the real Will Smith can't fly. He can only hover.
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Hisham Matar
American Writer
There are two voices: the first says write; the second hardly speaks, but I know what he wants. And if I let him, nothing would get done. He hovers at the edges.
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Bruce Feiler
American Writer
One question hovers over all of us who choose to spend our lives writing: why keep doing this in a world where so many forces are aligned against us?
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Tituss Burgess
American Actor
I hover closer to earth than I do the clouds.
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Colin Cowherd
American Entertainer
Disney hovers over every decision at ESPN.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
I have a very clear understanding of what my voice is. It's like a B voice. It hovers around B-minus, B-plus. I have great friends who are wonderful singers, and I know I'll never be able to do that. But singing through a character is something I can do.
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Isaac Watts
English Politician
Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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Wes Bentley
American Actor
A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far enough away so that you really understand it. There is real life in this movie, but it hovers just an inch above reality.
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Selma Blair
American Actress
I'm one of those hovering mothers and I know it's really important to have an independent child, so I'm trying to back off, but it's hard. I love him so much, and he's so funny and cute to me.
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Kurt Fuller
American Actor
The Will Smith that you see in movies is exactly the same as Will Smith in real life. Except for when he plays a superhero, because the real Will Smith can't fly. He can only hover.
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Hisham Matar
American Writer
There are two voices: the first says write; the second hardly speaks, but I know what he wants. And if I let him, nothing would get done. He hovers at the edges.
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Bruce Feiler
American Writer
One question hovers over all of us who choose to spend our lives writing: why keep doing this in a world where so many forces are aligned against us?
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Tituss Burgess
American Actor
I hover closer to earth than I do the clouds.
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Colin Cowherd
American Entertainer
Disney hovers over every decision at ESPN.
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