Meaning of Hover | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
2. A surname.
3. A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
4. An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
   figuratively
5. A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.
   Southern-England

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Examples

“Oyſters grevv vpon boughs of trees (an Indian miracle) vvhich vvere caſt in [the pond] thither, to ſerue as a houer for the fiſh.”

“And now, down the rushing stream, […] past dark hovers under swirling banks, from which great trout rushed out on Tom, thinking him to be good to eat, and turned back sulkily, for the fairies sent them home again with a tremendous scolding, for daring to meddle with a water-baby; […]”

“Without the instinct of self-preservation, which causes the sea-anemone to contract its tentacles, or the fish to dash into its hover, species would be extermined wholesale by involuntary suicide.”

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