Crossword clues for hovered
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hover \Hov"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hovering.] [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.]
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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.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: hover)
Usage examples of "hovered".
It slowed more, hovered, and settled onto the surface, snow hissing under its heated underside.
The sonie came in low over the trees to the north, swooped, and hovered ten feet off the ground.
Halting in his pacing, he stared up into the rafters of the prison cell as though his Bishop hovered among them.
Cathedralthe Royal Palace, which hovered above the city, its walls of shimmering crystal shining in the heavens like a sedate and civilized sun.
Lady Rosamund hovered in the center of the parlor, clearly at a loss for what to do next.
A crystal globe hovered over the catalyst, shedding a soft light upon his face to keep away the terrors that lurk in darkness.
Throngs of people floated and hovered and drifted beneath the gaily colored silks of the illusionist amphitheater.
The two were alone, no attendants accompanied them, and the Emperor hovered above the sand, looking about him expectantly.
The startled woman retreated into the ranch house, and the entire household, alerted by her screams, watched in terror as the glowing disc hovered at about tree-top level and began to direct a beam of white light at the house.
The flying saucers were impossible to ignore as they hovered above the main runway while an instructor in radar operation conducted class for new personnel of the Control Tower.
It seemed to almost touch the cab, maybe it was 20 feet in the air, and it just swooped down over the road and hovered there not more than 100 feet in front of me.
Lincoln, Nebraska train crew working near Weeping Water also had the somewhat dubious privilege of observing a UFO at close range, as it hovered above them for about three minutes.
It had hovered over a cornfield next to the stalled motorist for 20 or 30 seconds before it vanished straight up into the air.
Woody Darnell, a Marion policeman, claimed that he and his family and several policemen watched a glowing object that hovered over them for several minutes before it took off in an explosion and a shower of sparks.
An instantaneous illusion, perhaps one that had reflected off another plane was possible, but not one that hovered near a moving airline for more than fifty-five minutes.