Herbert Hoover was born on August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa. His father, Jesse Hoover, was a blacksmith and farm implement store owner of German, Swiss, and English ancestry. Hoover's mother, Hulda Randall Minthorn, was raised in Norwich, Ontario.

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Englishhoveren, equivalent with hove +‎ -er(frequentative suffix). Does carmax negotiate.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (UK)IPA^(key): /ˈhɒ.və(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɒvə(r)
• (US, formerly also UK)IPA^(key): /ˈhʌ.vɚ/
• Rhymes: -ʌvə(r)

Verb[edit]

hover (third-person singular simple presenthovers, present participlehovering, simple past and past participlehovered)

1. (intransitive) To float in the air.
   • 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:

     Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.

2. (intransitive) To linger or hang in one place, especially in an uncertain manner.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror.

   The strange man hovered outside the gents.

   The visitor hovered at the door, seemingly unwilling to enter.

3. (intransitive) To waver, or be uncertain.

   Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat.

4. (computing,intransitive) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

• Welsh: hofran

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

hover (pluralhovers)

1. The act of hovering

Etymology 2[edit]

Unknown

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hover (pluralhovers)

1. A cover; a shelter; a protection.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hover in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

hoverm

1. indefiniteplural of hov

Scots[edit]

Verb[edit]

hover (third-person singular presenthovers, present participlehoverin, pasthovert, past participlehovert)

1. to hover
2. to pause(in hesitation)