Hover | Mean of hover in English Dictionary

/ˈhʌvɚ/

• Verb
• to float in the air without moving in any direction
1. Watch as the hummingbird hovers over the flowers.
2. Helicopters hovered above us.
3. Bees hovered around the hive.
• to stay very close to a person or place
1. Waiters hovered near our table.
2. nervous mothers hovering over their children
• to stay near a specified point or level
1. Unemployment rates were hovering around 10 percent.
2. Temperatures will continue to hover around freezing.

• to be or remain in a specified state or condition
1. The patient was hovering between life and death.
2. The country hovers on the brink of famine.