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How to pronounce hover in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms linger
Type of waver, waffle, hesitate
Type Words
Synonyms brood, bulk large, loom
Type of hang
Has types dominate, eclipse, overshadow
Type Words
Synonyms oscillate, vacillate, vibrate
Type of waver, hesitate, waffle
Has types shillyshally
Type Words
Synonyms levitate
Verb group levitate
Type Words
Type of fly, wing
Has types poise

Examples of hover

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This is really an opera in which life-and-death matters hover over every moment.
From the time.com
However, I feel a lot better in shoes that hover about an inch above the ground.
From the stltoday.com
Such was their excitement that they dared not hover over it at the sale preview.
From the guardian.co.uk
She was still missing several feathers though, and she couldn't hover very long.
From the tennessean.com
It can hover, fly against walls, land and roll, and achieve speeds up to 60 Kph.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Dropout rates at most of the other schools investigated hover around two-thirds.
From the sacbee.com
Proto-paparazzi and pious priests hover around him like the human carrion birds.
From the post-gazette.com
Her approval ratings have slid over the past year, and now hover in the low 40s.
From the newsweek.com
Eventually people found the group online, and now their numbers hover around 40.
From the thestate.com
More examples
  • Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
  • Move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
  • Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
  • Levitate: be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"
  • Brood: hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
  • Hover! is a video game that was included on the Microsoft Windows 95 operating system CD. It was a showcase for the advanced multimedia capabilities available on personal computers at the time. ...
  • Hover is an Internet domain name registration service. Hover is a division of Tucows Incorporated, the third largest ICANN-accredited domain registrar in the world, only behind GoDaddy and eNom. ...
  • A helicopter pilot manipulates the helicopter flight controls in order to achieve controlled aerodynamic flight. ...
  • (Hovering) Levitation (from Latin levitas "lightness") is the process by which an object is suspended by a physical force against gravity, in a stable position without solid physical contact. ...