hover
/ˈhɒ.və(ɹ)//ˈhʌ.vɚ/
noun
- 1
The act of hovering
verb
- 1
To float in the air.
“The hummingbird hovered by the plant.”
- 2
To linger or hang in one place, especially in an uncertain manner.
“His pen hovered above the paper.”
- 3
To waver, or be uncertain.
“Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat.”
- 4
To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
“A tooltip appears when you hover over this link.”
noun
- 1
A cover; a shelter; a protection.
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