hive
noun
a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
were hiving
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past progressiveof hive.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The hum of talk rose up and filled the hall; it was as if a swarm of bees were hiving.
From Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings by Dame Rose Macaulay
The Arabs soon learned to think that everything was worth showing: they led M. Lacaze for long miles to a rock where bees were hiving.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
