hive
noun
a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
is hiving
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present progressiveof hive (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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TV makers are struggling with sluggish demand, forcing Sony Corp to cut its exposure in the TV panel business with Samsung and Sharp, while Philips is hiving off its loss-making TV business.
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2011
Whilst now it is the gymnastics of the understanding, it is hiving in the foresight of the spirit, experience in profounder laws.
From Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson
