The verb is derived from Middle English hoveren (“to float in the air, hover; to stay”), probably from hoven (“hover; of a bird: to fly high in the air, soar”) (which it displaced) + -er- (frequentative suffix). Hoven is probably derived from Old English *hōfian, from hōfon, the plural past indicative form of hebban (“to lift, raise”), from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift; to heave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to hold, seize”). The English word is analysable as hove (“(obsolete) to remain suspended, float, hover; to linger, wait”) + -er (frequentative suffix).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Meanings
An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
(figuratively) An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
(Southern-England) A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.
Without the instinct of self-preservation, which causes the sea-anemone to contract its tentacles, or the fish to dash into its hover, species would be extermined wholesale by involuntary suicide. 1874, Charles Kingsley, “Superstition. A Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution, London.”, in Health and Education, London: W. Isbister & Co. […], →OCLC, page 234:
Oyſters grevv vpon boughs of trees (an Indian miracle) vvhich vvere caſt in [the pond] thither, to ſerue as a houer for the fiſh. 1609, Richard Carew, “The Second Booke”, in The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC, folio 105, verso:
And now, down the rushing stream, […] past dark hovers under swirling banks, from which great trout rushed out on Tom, thinking him to be good to eat, and turned back sulkily, for the fairies sent them home again with a tremendous scolding, for daring to meddle with a water-baby; […] 1862 August – 1863 March, Charles Kingsley, chapter III, in The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, London; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., published 1863, →OCLC, page 116:
fi leijuminen (act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place) · de Versteck (hinter Steinen) (overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter) · de Schwebezustand (act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place) · fi paikallaan pysyvä lintuparvi (flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place) · fi leijuva lintuparvi (flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place) · fi leijunta (act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place) · de Auffliegen (Geflügel) (flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place) · fi kieleke (overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter)
The verb is derived from Middle English hoveren (“to float in the air, hover; to stay”), probably from hoven (“hover; of a bird: to fly high in the air, soar”) (which it displaced) + -er- (frequentative suffix). Hoven is probably derived from Old English *hōfian, from hōfon, the plural past indicative form of hebban (“to lift, raise”), from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift; to heave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to hold, seize”). The English word is analysable as hove (“(obsolete) to remain suspended, float, hover; to linger, wait”) + -er (frequentative suffix).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Meanings
(transitive) To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
(transitive) Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).
Castration has a ſtrange effect: it emaſculates both man, beaſt, and bird, and brings them to a near reſemblance of the other ſex. […] Capons have ſmall combs and gills, and look pallid about the head, like pullets; they alſo vvalk vvithout any parade, and hover chickens like hens. 1789, Gil[bert] White, “Letter XXXII. To the Same.”, in The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton: […], London: […] T[homas] Bensley; for B[enjamin] White and Son, […], →OCLC, page 212:
(obsolete, transitive) Of a bird or insect: to flap (its wings) so it can remain stationary in the air.
Thus have I lain conceal'd like a vvinter Fly, hoping for ſome bleſt Sun-Shine to vvarm me into Life again, and make me hover my flagging VVings; […] 1686 (first performance), A[phra] Behn, The Luckey Chance, or An Alderman’s Bargain. A Comedy. […], London: […] R. H[olt], for W. Canning, […], published 1687, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 5:
O'er the deer Corps ſomtimes her vvings ſhe [an eagle] hovers, / Somtimes the dead breſt vvith her breſt ſhe covers, […] 1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, “[Du Bartas His First Week, or Birth of the World: […].] The Fift Daie of the First Week.”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC, page 142:
(intransitive) To remain stationary or float in the air.
Thus meerely vvith the garment of a grace, / The naked and concealed feind he couerd, / That th'vnexperient gaue the tempter place, / VVhich like a Cherubin aboue them houerd, / VVho young and ſimple vvould not be ſo louerd. 1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, signature L2, verso:
Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America's discomfort and its foes' glee. 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, London: Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2022, page 55:
[T]hough you go to Theaters to see sport, Cupid may cache you ere you departe. The little god hovereth aboute you, and fanneth you with his wings to kindle fire: when you are set as fixed whites, Desire draweth his arrow to the head, and sticketh it uppe to the fethers, and Fancy bestireth him to shed his poyson through every vayne. 1579, Stephen Gosson, “The Schoole of Abuse, […]”, in The School of Abuse, Containing a Pleasant Invective against Poets, Pipers, Players, Jesters, &c. […], London: […] [Frederic Shoberl, Jun.] for the Shakespeare Society, published 1841, →OCLC, page 49:
Thou hoveredst, like a guardian angel—healing in thy wings, and glad-tidings all around thee—over the poor lost-one. 1857, William Platt, “‘His Will Be Done!’”, in Mothers and Sons. A Story of Real Life. […], volume I, London: Charles J. Skeet, […], →OCLC, page 87:
The hummingbird hovered by the plant.
[…] I found we were lying in a roadstead among many low and rocky islets, hovered about by an innumerable cloud of sea-fowl. 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, “Story of the Fair Cuban”, in More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 171:
Long and patiently did I vvait for this unlucky Crovv […] till at length having guzzl'd and croak'd enough, vvhen by hovering over his beloved Dainties, he had raiſ'd himſelf high enough, to prompt me to fire at him, […] 1665, Robert Boyle, “Occasional Reflections. Reflection III. Killing a Crow (out of a Window) in a Hog’s-trough, and Immediately Tracing the Ensuing Reflection with a Pen Made of One of His Quills.”, in Occasional Reflections upon Several Subiects. Whereto is Premis’d a Discourse about Such Kind of Thoughts, London: […] W. Wilson for Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, section V, page 149:
Over Descartian vortices you hover. And perhaps, at mid-day, in the fairest weather, with one half-throttled shriek you drop through that transparent air into the summer sea, no more to rise for ever. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Mast-head”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 176:
Here are there were smaller craft—wherries, steam-launches, tenders, and what not; and they seemed like so many flies hovering on the surface of the water when they came near that majestic ship. 1877, William Black, “The Isobars”, in Green Pastures and Piccadilly. […], volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 150:
[T]he Mercers encreaſing prodigiouſly vvent back into the City; there like Bees unhiv'd they hover about a vvhile, not knovving vvhere to fix; but at laſt, as if they vvould come back to the old Hive in Pater-noſter Rovv, but could not be admitted, the ſvvarm ſettled on Lu[d]gate-hill. 1727, [Daniel Defoe], “Of such Tradesmen who by the Necessary Consequences of Their Business are Oblig’d to be Accessary to the Propagation of Vice, and the Encrease of the Wickedness of the Times, and that All the Immorality of the Age is Not Occasion’d by the Ale-houses and the Taverns”, in The Compleat English Tradesman. […], volume II, London: […] Charles Rivington […], →OCLC, part II, pages 163–163:
(figuratively, intransitive) Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
The visitors were hovering at the door, seemingly unwilling to enter.
The neighbourhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlour floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror. 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Sea Chest”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part I (The Old Buccaneer), page 28:
Oh! if thou hover'ſt round my vvalk, / VVhile, under ev'ry vvell-knovvn tree, / I to thy fancy'd ſhadovv talk, / And every tear is full of thee. a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Ode”, in [George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton], editor, The Works of James Thomson. […], volume II, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], published 1750, →OCLC, stanza III, page 220:
[T]he fat swimmeth above, and the best thereof hovereth always uppermost; but the unclean matter, or the dregs is left at the bottom like a dead carcase and worthless thing. Even so likewise, God will deal at the day of judgment, therewith he will separate all things through fire, will separate the righteous from the ungodly, […] 1818, Martin Luther, “Of the Last Day of Judgment”, in Henry Bell, transl., edited by Joseph Kerby, The Familiar Discourses of Dr. Martin Luther, (the Great Reformer), which He Held with Various Learned Men at His Table, &c. on the Important Doctrines of Religion; […], new edition, Lewes, East Sussex: Sussex Press, […] John Baxter; London: Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy, […], →OCLC, page 408:
His pen hovered above the paper.
"Overall satisfaction with rail journey", as measured fortnightly by Transport Focus, has maintained a broadly flat line at around 85% across the last four months of travel disruption, while "satisfaction with punctuality/reliabilty" is hovering around 75%. 2023 February 8, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: Boom or bust: time to decide”, in RAIL, number 976, page 3:
Pestilence was hovering in the track of famine. 1862 July – 1863 August, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Romola in Her Place”, in Romola. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1863, →OCLC, book III, page 275:
But often, when he felt the harshness of experience creep over him— […] the image of that fair child, […] hovered over him; and the very air grew warmer, as if with a living breath. 1846, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], “Epilogue to Part the Second”, in Lucretia: Or The Children of Night. […], volume III, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, part II, pages 288–289:
Alas, this that you ſee, is not Antonio, / His ſpirit houers in Piero’s Court, / Hurling about his agill faculties, / To apprehend the ſight of Mellida: […] c. 1599 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], The History of Antonio and Mellida. The First Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Mathewe Lownes, and Thomas Fisher, […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act IV, signature F4, recto:
Some helicopter parents weren’t so much dropping off their kids as hovering over them until the event started.
The strange man hovered outside the gents’ toilet.
(figuratively, intransitive) To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
And the reason why the land-lord will no longer covenant with him [the husbandman], is, for that he dayly looketh after change and alteration, and hovereth in expectation of new worlds. 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC, page 134:
Arthur Ashburton was rather cold and distant towards her, and was obviously in a bad temper. He even hovered on the verge of rudeness towards both herself and the Lieutenant. 1872, William Black, “‘Prinz Eugen, der edle Ritter’”, in The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton. […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 45:
When the soul is hovering in the last moments of its separation, […] what can support her under such tremblings of thought, such fear, such anxiety, such apprehensions, but the casting of all her cares upon Him who first gave her being, who has conducted her through one stage of it, and will be always with her in her progress through eternity? 1712 August 5 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “FRIDAY, July 26, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 441; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 175:
Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat.
(intransitive) Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip).
A tooltip appears when you hover over this link.
(intransitive) To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
it esitare (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · gl dubidar (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · cs balancovat (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · fi kätkeä siipiensä alle (of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings) · li schwéëve (to remain stationary or float in the air) · it essere in bilico (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · es revoletear (to remain stationary or float in the air) · cmn 盤旋 /盘旋 (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · et hõljuma (to remain stationary or float in the air) · vi luẩn quẩn (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · ru слоня́ться (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · eo flugpendi (to remain stationary or float in the air) · yue 摟 /搂 (to remain stationary or float in the air) · ru верте́ться (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · it gironzolare (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · kl niviorpaa (to keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air) · fr éventiller (to remain stationary or float in the air) · la circumvolitō (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · ru пари́ть (to remain stationary or float in the air) · la pendeō (to remain stationary or float in the air) · af sweef (to keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air) · de zögern (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · gl atariñar (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · it essere sospeso (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · mk се ко́леба (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · fi kohdistaa (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result) · pl zawisać (to remain stationary or float in the air) · mi topaki (to remain stationary or float in the air) · tr uçmak (to remain stationary or float in the air) · bcl lupád (to remain stationary or float in the air) · fr faire du sur-place (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · fi kulkea ilmatyynyaluksella (to travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface) · eo ŝvebi (to remain stationary or float in the air) · ro pluti (to remain stationary or float in the air) · it librarsi (to keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air) · el αιωρούμαι (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · de rumhängen (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · pt pairar (to remain stationary or float in the air) · fi norkoilla (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · it ronzare intorno (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · sh lèbdjeti (to remain stationary or float in the air) · mk се вр́ти (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · sh lèbdeti (to remain stationary or float in the air) · ru ре́ять (to remain stationary or float in the air) · de rütteln (to remain stationary or float in the air) · es rondar (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · de unsicher sein (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · is sveima (to remain stationary or float in the air) · mk ле́бди (to remain stationary or float in the air) · gl barutar (to remain stationary or float in the air) · gmw-cfr schwevve (to remain stationary or float in the air) · gl peneirarse (to remain stationary or float in the air) · gl tordear (to remain stationary or float in the air) · uk ширя́ти (to remain stationary or float in the air) · fi häilyä (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · mk се вр́тка (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · pl zawisnąć (to remain stationary or float in the air) · fr planer (to remain stationary or float in the air) · th ร่อน (to remain stationary or float in the air) · nl omzweven (to remain stationary or float in the air) · ro oscila (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · ru ви́ться (to remain stationary or float in the air) · nb sveve (to remain stationary or float in the air) · cs najet kurzorem na hyperodkaz (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result) · it attardarsi (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · de behüten (of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings) · gl atariñar (to remain stationary or float in the air) · cmn 翱翔 (to remain stationary or float in the air) · fi epäröidä (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · bg колебая се (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · fi leijailla (to remain stationary or float in the air) · la impendeō (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · ru ме́шкать (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · kl qangatavoq (to remain stationary or float in the air) · vi rê con trỏ (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result) · it ronzàre (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · it essere indeciso (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · de positionieren (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result) · oc flotejar (to remain stationary or float in the air) · es colocar el puntero sobre (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result) · de schweben (to remain stationary or float in the air) · cy hofran (to remain stationary or float in the air) · ru порха́ть (to remain stationary or float in the air) · fi lekutella (to remain stationary or float in the air) · it volteggiare (to remain stationary or float in the air) · ro plasa cursorul peste link (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result) · it pencolare (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · la oberrō (to remain stationary or float in the air) · ru колеба́ться (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · he רִחֵף (to remain stationary or float in the air) · ru болта́ться (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · ca zumzejar (to remain stationary or float in the air) · fi lekuttaa (to remain stationary or float in the air) · de schwebend halten (to keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air) · fi leijua (to remain stationary or float in the air) · bg рея се (to remain stationary or float in the air) · bba bɛɛri (to remain stationary or float in the air) · vi lượn (to remain stationary or float in the air) · ru зависа́ть (to remain stationary or float in the air) · ga ainligh (to remain stationary or float in the air) · bg нося се (to remain stationary or float in the air) · be віта́ць (to remain stationary or float in the air) · pt vacilar (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · kl agiorpoq (to remain stationary or float in the air) · it indugiare (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · de bewegen (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result) · sco hover (to remain stationary or float in the air) · ru нависа́ть (to remain stationary or float in the air) · fi osoittaa (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result) · ceb langaw (to remain stationary or float in the air) · mg mihevaheva (to remain stationary or float in the air) · gl nutar (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · gl peneirar (to remain stationary or float in the air) · sh лѐбдети (to remain stationary or float in the air) · pt voltear (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · ru вита́ть (to remain stationary or float in the air) · el αλαφροζυγιάζομαι (to remain stationary or float in the air) · cmn 縈繞 /萦绕 (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · nl zweven (to remain stationary or float in the air) · lv stāvēt (to remain stationary or float in the air) · fi olla kahden vaiheilla (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · es cernerse (to remain stationary or float in the air) · pt hesitar (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · vi rê chuột (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result) · ar حَامَ (to remain stationary or float in the air) · cmn 彽徊 (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · la pendeō (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · ru зави́снуть (to remain stationary or float in the air) · gl bambear (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · ja 揉み合う (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · cmn 懸停 /悬停 (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result) · yi שוועבן (to remain stationary or float in the air) · nl omzweven (to keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air) · is svífa (to remain stationary or float in the air) · mi tīonioni (to remain stationary or float in the air) · cmn 懸停 /悬停 (to remain stationary or float in the air) · no oversveve (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result) · io flugetar (to remain stationary or float in the air) · nmn ǀxâã (to remain stationary or float in the air) · de fahren (with über) (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result) · fr hésiter (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · de schweben (entlang, über) (to travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface) · id layang (to remain stationary or float in the air) · sv sväva (to remain stationary or float in the air) · af sweef (to remain stationary or float in the air) · lb schwiewen (to remain stationary or float in the air) · de stillstehen (in der Luft) (to remain stationary or float in the air) · it aggirarsi (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · cmn 高飛 /高飞 (to remain stationary or float in the air) · es levitar (to remain stationary or float in the air) · gez ጸለለ (to remain stationary or float in the air) · de verweilen (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · gl bambanear (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · cmn 㝼 (to remain stationary or float in the air) · el αιωρούμαι (to remain stationary or float in the air) · vi chờn vờn (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · cs vznášet (to remain stationary or float in the air) · es revolotear (to remain stationary or float in the air) · fi leijuttaa (to keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air) · ko 맴돌다 (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner) · gl tordear (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · gl pairar (to remain stationary or float in the air) · nn sveve (to remain stationary or float in the air) · mt sseqqer (to remain stationary or float in the air) · tr havada durmak (to remain stationary or float in the air) · sh лѐбдјети (to remain stationary or float in the air) · fi suojella siivillään (of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings) · oc planar (to remain stationary or float in the air) · la volitō (to remain stationary or float in the air) · gl musear (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver, doubt, hesitate) · it passare il cursore sopra (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result) · be луна́ць (to remain stationary or float in the air) · lv peldēt (to remain stationary or float in the air)