Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hover
Participle: hovered
Gerund: hovering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hover |
| you | hover |
| he;she;it | hovers |
| we | hover |
| you | hover |
| they | hover |
Perfect
| I | have hovered |
| you | have hovered |
| he;she;it | has hovered |
| we | have hovered |
| you | have hovered |
| they | have hovered |
Past
| I | hovered |
| you | hovered |
| he;she;it | hovered |
| we | hovered |
| you | hovered |
| they | hovered |
Pluperfect
| I | had hovered |
| you | had hovered |
| he;she;it | had hovered |
| we | had hovered |
| you | had hovered |
| they | had hovered |
Future
| I | will hover |
| you | will hover |
| he;she;it | will hover |
| we | will hover |
| you | will hover |
| they | will hover |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hovered |
| you | will have hovered |
| he;she;it | will have hovered |
| we | will have hovered |
| you | will have hovered |
| they | will have hovered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hover |
| you | hover |
| he;she;it | hover |
| we | hover |
| you | hover |
| they | hover |
Perfect
| I | have hovered |
| you | have hovered |
| he;she;it | have hovered |
| we | have hovered |
| you | have hovered |
| they | have hovered |
Imperfect
| I | hovered |
| you | hovered |
| he;she;it | hovered |
| we | hovered |
| you | hovered |
| they | hovered |
Pluperfect
| I | had hovered |
| you | had hovered |
| he;she;it | had hovered |
| we | had hovered |
| you | had hovered |
| they | had hovered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hover |
| you | would hover |
| he;she;it | would hover |
| we | would hover |
| you | would hover |
| they | would hover |
Perfect
| I | would have hovered |
| you | would have hovered |
| he;she;it | would have hovered |
| we | would have hovered |
| you | would have hovered |
| they | would have hovered |
Imperative
| you | hover |
| we | Let's hover |
| you | hover |
Verbs conjugated like 'hover'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hover'
cover,
haver,
homer,
hoover,
hove,
hovel,
over,
aver,
bever,
bower,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination
- boggle, deliberate, demur, falter, hesitate, mammer, scruple, stand shilly-shally, stick, waver
- linger
- waver, haunt, hesitate
Antonyms
- linger
- hasten, hurry, speed, dash
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The verb is derived from Middle English hoveren (“to float in the air, hover; to stay”), probably from hoven (“hover; of a bird: to fly high in the air, soar”) (which it displaced) + -er- (frequentative suffix). Hoven is probably derived from Old English *hōfian, from hōfon, the plural past indicative form of hebban (“to lift, raise”), from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift; to heave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to hold, seize”). The English word is analysable as hove (“(obsolete) to remain suspended, float, hover; to linger, wait”) + -er (frequentative suffix).
2. The noun is derived from the verb. See: Proto-Germanic '
*habjaną'.
Verbs referencing "hover"
Welsh
hofran.
Sample Sentences
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The same decay and gloom that overhang the way by which it is approached, hover above the town of Richmond. There are pretty villas and cheerful houses in its streets, and Nature smiles upon the country round; but jostling its handsome residences, like slavery itself going [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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It is a beautiful belief, That ever round our head Are hovering, on angel wings, The spirits of the dead.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)