Hover1. (n.) A cover; a shelter; a protection.
2. (v. i.) To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air above something.
3. (v. i.) To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely.
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