hover
An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other placeAn act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
» The helicopter hovered over the building.
Вертолёт висел над зданием.
Meaning
4 sensesAn act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
Schwebezustand
A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
Auffliegen (Geflügel)
(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.
Versteck (hinter Steinen)
Examples
42 sentencesThe helicopter hovered over the building.
ruВертолёт висел над зданием. — odexed
We could see the helicopter hovering above the pond.
The helicopter is hovering overhead.
ruВертолёт завис над головой. — Hellerick
deDer Hubschrauber schwebt über Kopf in der Luft. — Espi
As I hovered over my dead body, I knew that I was now a ghost.
deAls ich über meinem toten Körper schwebte, wußte ich, daß ich jetzt ein Geist war. — Waldelfe
He hovered between life and death.
ruОн повис между жизнью и смертью. — sharptoothed
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English hoveren (“to float in the air, hover; to stay”), pThe 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).
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