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Plural of hover

regular plural

The plural of hover is hovers.

Forms of hover

Singularhover /ˈhɒvə/
Pluralhovers
Countablecountable

Hovers in a sentence

  • Ba hovers over a stove in the well-lit room, glancing when he hears the creak underfoot.2023, Trang Thanh Tran, She is a Haunting, →ISBN. From the entry bánh xèo
  • A great sea of rain clouds hovers over a string of bison.2018, James P. Ronda, Visions of the Tallgrass: Prairie Photographs by Harvey Payne, University of Oklahoma Press. From the entry string
  • It floats on a cushion of huzun, the way an air-hockey puck hovers above the game table.2015 October 20, Dwight Garner, “Review: Orhan Pamuk’s ‘A Strangeness in My Mind’”, in New York Times. From the entry huzun
  • As its name suggests, the face fly hovers around the cow's face.2010, Leland S. Shapiro, Pathology & Parasitology For Veterinary Technicians 2E, Cengage Learning, page 136. From the entry face fly
  • The sessions in a dental chair where a man hovers over your gapy mouth with needle, hooked-pick and drill are over.1958, Charles E. Heartsill, Molars Away: Tips and Titters for People Soon to Get False Teeth. From the entry gapy

Meaning of hover

  1. verb To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
  2. verb Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).
  3. verb Of a bird or insect: to flap (its wings) so it can remain stationary in the air.

Full definition of hover

Questions about the plural of hover

What is the plural of hover?
The plural of hover is hovers.
Is hover countable?
Hover is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hover (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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