hive
noun
a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
has hived
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present perfectof hive (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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British Energy, the one locally owned atomic power generating group has been bought by EDF of France, although it has hived off a small percentage to British Gas.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2010
What it has hived up so painfully through many a studious year comes now to be common property.
From Adventures in Contentment by David Grayson
To one who has hived with demons, there is something so simple and sanative about the restoring night—the rest of healing and health.
From She Buildeth Her House by William Wistar Comfort
