hive
noun
a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
have hived
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present perfectof hive.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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Those who prioritise privacy and the right to be left alone by the state have hived off “libertarian” from the old shared root of “liberal” and “liberty”.
From Economist ● Jul. 28, 2016
If they cluster in two places, a queen may be in each, and they will remain, and when you have hived one part you may think you have all.
From Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by M. (Moses) Quinby
"The bees seem to have hived all of a sudden," remarked young Daunt.
From All-Wool Morrison by Holman Day
Sweet bees have hived their honey on thy tongue, And Hebe spiced her nectar with thy breath; About thy neck do all the graces throng, And lay such baits as might entangle death.
From Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia by Martha Foote Crow
I will not say that my directions will always prevent their going to the woods, but this I do say, that out of the hundreds that I have hived, not one has ever left.
From Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by M. (Moses) Quinby
