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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hover

/hŭv'-ẽr/ · Hov·er · IPA /ˈhɑvɚ/
01 n. A cover; a shelter; a protection.
  1. 1.
    A cover; a shelter; a protection.[Archaic]
02 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 …
imp. & p. p. Hovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hovering
  1. 1.
    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.
    “Great flights of birds are hovering about the bridge, and settling on it.” — Addison.
    “A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight.” — Dryden.
  2. 2.
    To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely.
    “Agricola having sent his navy to hover on the coast.” — Milton.
    “Hovering o'er the paper with her quill.” — Shak.