hive

[ hahyv ]

/ haɪv /

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noun

a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.

the colony of bees inhabiting a hive.

something resembling a beehive in structure or use.

a place swarming with busy occupants: a hive of industry.

a swarming or teeming multitude.

verb (used with object), hived, hiv·ing.

to gather into or cause to enter a hive.

to shelter as in a hive.

to store up in a hive.

to store or lay away for future use or enjoyment.

verb (used without object), hived, hiv·ing.

(of bees) to enter a hive.

to live together in or as in a hive.

Verb Phrases

hive off, British. to become transferred from the main body of a commercial or industrial enterprise through the agency of new ownership.

OTHER WORDS FOR hive

4 hub, center.

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Origin of hive

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English hȳf; akin to Old Norse hūfr “ship's hull,” Latin cūpa “vat”

OTHER WORDS FROM hive

hiveless, adjectivehivelike, adjectivehiver, noun

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How to use hive in a sentence

Instead, they employ an intricate hive mind communication system, says New Jersey Institute of Technology entomologist Simon Garnier.
Brain size isn’t everything|Candice Wang|January 29, 2021|Popular-Science
For amidst the building’s abandoned desks and silent phones, 20,000 honey bees were hard at work, building a hive filled with 10 gallons’ worth of honey, beeswax, and pollen, as Invoca’s leadership learned in January, much to their surprise.
20,000 honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office during lockdown|Sarah Todd|January 29, 2021|Quartz
It makes the hive appear to shimmer, which also can send giant hornets packing.
Honeybees fend off deadly hornets by decorating hives with poop|Asher Jones|January 19, 2021|Science News For Students
Some hive entrances were “totally coated with poop,” says Heather Mattila.
Honeybees fend off deadly hornets by decorating hives with poop|Asher Jones|January 19, 2021|Science News For Students

That’s when queens produce too few babies to keep the hive going.
Learning what stresses queen bees could save their hives|Sharon Oosthoek|October 30, 2020|Science News For Students
The White House recently has hived some honeybees, which have proved a point of contention.
12 Juicy Bits From Michelle Obama’s Garden Book|Alex Klein|May 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In this manner they were to be hived, and furnished with stings.
John Brown, Soldier of Fortune|Hill Peebles Wilson
So, too, cities that have hived off from larger cities are called colonies.
The City of God, Volume I|Aurelius Augustine
What has she got to do with the fellow youve got hived up in that shack?
Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch|Alice B. Emerson
It is in a close, hived up place in the city of Salem, and it is a wonder that he ever had a bunch of grapes to show.
The Grapes of New York|U. P. Hedrick
He rose again and looked at them each in turn, and his mind was hived with memories as he gazed.
The Duke's Motto|Justin Huntly McCarthy

British Dictionary definitions for hive

hive

/ (haɪv) /

noun

a structure in which social bees live and rear their young

a colony of social bees

a place showing signs of great industry (esp in the phrase a hive of activity)

a teeming crowd; multitude

an object in the form of a hive

verb

to cause (bees) to collect or (of bees) to collect inside a hive

to live or cause to live in or as if in a hive

(tr) (of bees) to store (honey, pollen, etc) in the hive

(tr; often foll by up or away) to store, esp for future usehe used to hive away a small sum every week

Derived forms of hive

hivelike, adjective

Word Origin for hive

Old English hӯf; related to Westphalian hüwe, Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa barrel, Greek kupē, Sanskrit kūpa cave

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