hover

«hover» in Mova's school dictionary: to stay in the air in one place without moving forward… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (hover, hovers, hovered, hovering)

meaning for a pupil

1) To hover means to stay in the air in one place without moving forward, like a hummingbird or a helicopter. tree →

2) To hover means to stand or wait near someone, often nervously. tree →

3) To hover around a number means to stay close to it. tree →

4) (computing) To hover means to hold the mouse pointer over something on a screen. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons birds, insects and drones hover. In maths and weather, temperatures «hover around» a number. Phrases: «hover over», «hover around», «hover near».

examples

• The hummingbird hovered by the flower. tree →
• A helicopter hovered above the field. tree →
• Temperatures hovered around zero all week. tree →
• Hover your mouse over the picture to see its name. tree →
• Mum hovered at the door, waiting. tree →
• A kestrel can hover before diving on a mouse. tree →
• It hovered about Eurylochus, and almost brushed his face with its wings. tree →

note

Regular verb. «Hovercraft» is a vehicle that floats on air. «Hover around 10» means about 10, a little above or below.

In the corpora

• A hoverfly has one pair of wings and can hover still in the air, while a wasp has two pairs.
• INFINITE COINS!!!» Leo's finger hovered.
• Kai stared at his own skins — one slightly sad llama — and his thumb hovered over «yes».
• A hummingbird can hover by beating its wings dozens of times a second.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hover» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.