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Meaning of hover

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hover
      v 1: be undecided about something; waver between conflicting
           positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between
           accepting the new position and retirement" [syn: {hover},
           {vibrate}, {vacillate}, {oscillate}]
      2: move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
         [syn: {hover}, {linger}]
      3: hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
      4: be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The
         guru claimed that he could levitate" [syn: {levitate},
         {hover}]
      5: hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing;
         "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" [syn:
         {brood}, {hover}, {loom}, {bulk large}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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