hive
noun
a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
hiving
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present participleof hive.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Men spilled over each other, hiving off into small groups to drink.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Volkswagen said it was considering hiving off its profitable Porsche division into a separate company with its own stock listing.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
At that time, Tata Steel had only planned to combine its Dutch assets with ThyssenKrupp’s steel assetsin Germany while hiving off its ailing U.K. business to other parties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2016
France believes in the nation state, and would look askance at regions like Corsica or Brittany getting too strong ideas about hiving themselves off.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2014
The writer of the following pages commenced beekeeping in 1828, without any knowledge of the business to assist him, save a few directions about hiving, smoking them with sulphur, &c.
From Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by M. (Moses) Quinby
