hover

n. அந்தர நிலை, பறவைகளின் சிறகு விரித்து வானில் மிதந்து அமையும் நிலை, தொங்கல் நிலை, தயக்க நிலை, (வி.) சிறகு விரித்து வானில் மிதந்தமை, தொங்கல் நிலைகொள், சுற்றி வட்டமிடு, அருகாக ஊடாடு, சுற்றித் திரி, தயங்கு, ஊசலாடு.

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Hov"er, n. Etym: [Etymol. doubtful.] Defn: A cover; a shelter; a protection. [Archaic] Carew. C. Kingsley. Hov"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hovering.] Etym: [OE. hoveren, and hoven, prob. orig., to abide, linger, and fr. AS. hof house; cf. OFries. hovia to receive into one's house. See Hovel.] 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. 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.

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