Antonyms for hovering


Grammar : Verb
Spell : huhv-er, hov-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌv ər, ˈhɒv-


Definition of hovering

Origin :
  • c.1400, hoveren, frequentative of hoven "hover, tarry, linger;" see hove (1). Related: Hovered; hovering. As a noun from 1510s.
  • verb hang, float over
Example sentences :
  • These made the face that seemed to Saffy to be hovering over and watching them.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She was hovering very close to him; he could feel her breath on his cheek.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • They had bubbled up within him—were hovering on the verge of his burning lips.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Our forward flight had been checked, and we, too, were hovering.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • He's hovering about on the watch; so I hastened here at once.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Its nature is like opaline doves'-neck lustres, hovering and evanescent.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Some dark phantom of the past was hovering about them, and they were afraid to challenge it.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • He did not dare even to whisper to me, with Moa hovering always so close.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
  • Fascinated, the vole stayed awhile to look at the hovering hawk.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees
  • His people—I know they are his—are hovering about the hotel all the morning.
  • Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for hovering

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