0 past simple and past participle of hover
1 to stay in one place in the air, usually by moving the wings quickly:
A hawk hovered in the sky, waiting to swoop down on its prey.
I heard the noise of a helicopter hovering overhead.
I could sense him behind me, hovering and building up the courage to ask me a question.
Inflation is hovering at three percent.
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While this trade was subject to various state regulations, ' as in other spheres, metropolitan control hovered in the background but was limited ' (p. 141).
However, gossip hovered at the divide between respectable and non-respectable.
The female share hovered between 10 and 20 per cent with no discernible trend until 1884.
On the other hand, home-help use showed negligible variation, and hovered around the national average of 54 per cent.
Presentiments of strange discoveries hovered around me ' ' (28).
And above all hovered a sense of resigned acceptance, because 'this is the only life there is'.
The clerk hovered close by, note-taking was screened.
Unemployment was rampant, exceeding the national average which hovered around 20 per cent, and agricultural life was frequently disrupted.
