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▸ verb: To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
▸ verb: Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).
▸ verb: (obsolete) Of a bird or insect: to flap (its wings) so it can remain stationary in the air.
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: To remain stationary or float in the air.
▸ verb: (figuratively)
▸ verb: Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
▸ verb: To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
▸ verb: (computing) Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip).
▸ verb: (nautical) To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
▸ noun: An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
▸ noun: A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
▸ noun: (figuratively) An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
▸ noun: (chiefly Southern England) A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.
▸ noun: A surname.
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