Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: hover

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{{wikipedia|dab=Hover}}

  

{{wikipedia|dab=Hover}}
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===Etymology 1===
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{{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|hoveren|lang=ang}} (frequentative of {{term|hoven|lang=ang}}).
   
 

===Pronunciation===

  

===Pronunciation===
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* {{rhymes|ʌvə(r)}}

  

* {{rhymes|ʌvə(r)}}
   
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===Etymology===

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====Verb====
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{{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|hoveren|lang=ang}} (frequentative of {{term|hoven|lang=ang}}).

  
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===Verb===

  
 

[[File:Colibri-thalassinus-001-edit.jpg|right|thumb|a [[hummingbird]], hovering]]

  

[[File:Colibri-thalassinus-001-edit.jpg|right|thumb|a [[hummingbird]], hovering]]
 

{{en-verb}}

  

{{en-verb}}
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#* ''A tooltip appears when you '''hover''' over this link.''

  

#* ''A tooltip appears when you '''hover''' over this link.''
   
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====Translations====

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=====Translations=====
 

{{trans-top|to float in the air}}

  

{{trans-top|to float in the air}}
 

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{{trans-bottom}}

  

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====Derived terms====

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=====Derived terms=====
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* [[hoverboat]]
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* [[hoverbike]]
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* [[hovercar]]
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* [[hoverchair]]
 

* [[hovercraft]]

  

* [[hovercraft]]
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===Etymology 2===
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Unknown.
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====Noun====
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{{en-noun}}
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# A [[cover]]; a [[shelter]]; a [[protection]].
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#: {{rfquotek|Carew}}
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#: {{rfquotek|Charles Kingsley}}
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{{Webster 1913}}
   
 

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Latest revision as of 00:26, 26 June 2013

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English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Old English hoveren (frequentative of hoven).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

a hummingbird, hovering

hover (third-person singular simple present hovers, present participle hovering, simple past and past participle hovered)

  1. To float in the air.
    • The hummingbird hovered by the plant.
  2. To linger in one place.
    • The strange man hovered outside the gents.
    • This time, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat.
    • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
      The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor 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.
  3. To waver, or be uncertain.
  4. (computing) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
    • A tooltip appears when you hover over this link.
Translations[edit]

to float in the air

to waver, or be uncertain

to place the cursor over a hyperlink

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Unknown.

Noun[edit]

hover (plural hovers)

  1. A cover; a shelter; a protection.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Carew to this entry?)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Charles Kingsley to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Verb[edit]

tae hover (third-person singular simple present hovers, present participle hoverin, simple past hovert, past participle hovert)

  1. to hover
  2. to pause (in hesitation)
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