Hover

(hŭv'er), v. i. [imp. & p. p. HOVERED; p. pr. & vb. n. HOVERING.] [W. hofian, hofiaw, to hang over, hover, hwfanu, to rise over, hwb, a rising up.] 1. To hang fluttering in the air, or upon the wing; to remain in flight about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air. A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight. Dryden. Great flights of birds are hovering about the bridge, and settling on it. Addison. 2. To hang about; to move to and fro in the neighborhood of, either threateningly, uncertainly, or watchfully. “Agricola having before sent his navy to hover on the coast.” Milton.