hover

hover is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A cover; a shelter; a protection. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A cover; a shelter; a protection.
2. intransitive verb. 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.
3. intransitive verb. To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely.
4. verb. hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
5. verb. be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity

   "The guru claimed that he could levitate"

   Synonyms: levitate

6. verb. move to and fro

   "The shy student lingered in the corner"

   Synonyms: linger

7. verb. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

   "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

   Synonyms: oscillate, vacillate, vibrate

8. verb. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

   "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"

   Synonyms: brood, loom

Synonyms

levitate, linger, oscillate, vacillate, vibrate, brood, loom

Common word forms

hovers, hovered, hoverer, hoverly, hovering

Words from these letters

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