hover

Etymology
The is derived from, probably from  (which it displaced) +. is probably derived from, from , the   form of , from , from , ultimately from. The English word is analysable as.

The is derived from the verb.

Verb

 * 1) To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
 * 2) Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings;  of a thing: to cover or surround (something).
 * 3)  Of a bird or insect: to flap (its wings) so it can remain stationary in the air.
 * 4) To remain stationary or float in the air.
 * 5) Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
 * 6) To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
 * 7)  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).
 * 8)  To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
 * 1) To remain stationary or float in the air.
 * 2) Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
 * 3) To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
 * 4)  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).
 * 5)  To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
 * 1) Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
 * 2) To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
 * 3)  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).
 * 4)  To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
 * 1) Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
 * 2) To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
 * 3)  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).
 * 4)  To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
 * 1) To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
 * 2)  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).
 * 3)  To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
 * 1) To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
 * 2)  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).
 * 3)  To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
 * 1) To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
 * 2)  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).
 * 3)  To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
 * 1) To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
 * 2)  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).
 * 3)  To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
 * 1) To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
 * 2)  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).
 * 3)  To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
 * 1)  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).
 * 2)  To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
 * 1)  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).
 * 2)  To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
 * 1)  To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: sweef
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: leijuttaa
 * Greenlandic: niviorpaa
 * Italian: librarsi


 * Finnish: suojella siivillään, kätkeä siipiensä alle


 * Afrikaans: sweef
 * Arabic: حَامَ
 * Baatonum: bɛɛri
 * Belarusian: луна́ць, віта́ць
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian: нося се, рея се
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: langaw
 * Central Franconian: schwevve
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 摟
 * Mandarin:, , 懸停 ,
 * Czech: vznášet
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: flugpendi, ŝvebi
 * Estonian: hõljuma
 * Finnish:, , lekuttaa , lekutella
 * French: ,
 * Galician: barutar,, , peneirarse, atariñar,
 * Ge'ez: ጸለለ
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, αλαφροζυγιάζομαι
 * Greenlandic: agiorpoq, qangatavoq
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: sveima, svífa
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: ainligh
 * Italian:
 * Latin: oberrō,, volitō
 * Latvian: ,
 * Limburgish: schwéëve
 * Luxembourgish: schwiewen
 * Macedonian: ле́бди
 * Malagasy:
 * Maltese: sseqqer
 * Maori: tīonioni, topaki
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: sveve
 * Occitan: ,
 * Polish:, zawisnąć
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,  , , , , ,
 * Scots: hover
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: лѐбдети, лѐбдјети
 * Roman: lèbdeti,
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: havada durmak,
 * Ukrainian: ширя́ти
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: שוועבן
 * ǃXóõ: ǀxâã


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:, , , , , ronzare intorno
 * Japanese: 揉み合う
 * Korean: 맴돌다
 * Latin: circumvolitō, impendeō,
 * Macedonian: се вр́ти, се вр́тка
 * Portuguese: voltear
 * Russian:, ,  ,
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Bulgarian: колебая се
 * Czech: balancovat
 * Finnish:, häilyä, olla kahden vaiheilla
 * French:
 * Galician: atariñar, bambanear,, dubidar, musear, nutar,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:, essere in bilico, essere indeciso, essere sospeso,
 * Macedonian: се ко́леба
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 懸停
 * Czech: najet kurzorem na hyperodkaz
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: placer le curseur au-dessus d'un hyperlien
 * German:,  ,
 * Italian: passare il cursore sopra
 * Norwegian: oversveve
 * Romanian: plasa cursorul peste link
 * Spanish: colocar el cursor sobre un enlace
 * Vietnamese: rê chuột, rê con trỏ


 * Finnish: kulkea ilmatyynyaluksella

Noun

 * 1) An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
 * 2) A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
 * 3)  An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
 * 4)  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.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish: paikallaan pysyvä lintuparvi, leijuva lintuparvi


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1) to hover
 * 2) to pause in hesitation