The meaning of HOVER is to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it. How to use hover in a sentence.

HOVER definition: 1. to stay in one place in the air, usually by moving the wings quickly: 2. to stand somewhere…. Learn more.

HOVER definition: to hang fluttering or suspended in the air. See examples of hover used in a sentence.

Definition of hover verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (of birds, helicopters, etc.) to stay in the air in one place. A hawk hovered over the …

Computers To position a pointer over an object or area of the screen, causing a pop-up box to appear or other change to occur: Hover over the image to display the filename.

To help remember the meaning of hover, think of it as containing the preposition over: things that hover hang over. A temperature can hover around forty degrees, a grade in a class can hover …

To hover means to stay in the same position in the air without moving forwards or backwards. Many birds and insects can hover by moving their wings very quickly.