hover

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hov|er /h'ɒvər, AM h'ʌv-/ (hovers hovering hovered)
1 [VERB] V
To hover means to stay in the same position in the air without moving forwards or backwards. Many birds and insects can hover by moving their wings very quickly.
Beautiful butterflies hovered above the wild flowers...
2 [VERB] V, V prep/adv
If you hover, you stay in one place and move slightly in a nervous way, for example because you cannot decide what to do.
Judith was hovering in the doorway...
With no idea of what to do for my next move, my hand hovered over the board.
3 [VERB] V prep/adv
If you hover, you are in an uncertain situation or state of mind.
She hovered on the brink of death for three months as doctors battled to save her...
4 [VERB] V prep/adv
If a something such as a price, value, or score hovers around a particular level, it stays at more or less that level and does not change much.
In September 1989 the exchange rate hovered around 140 yen to the dollar...

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