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Hive

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Noun

1. hive

a teeming multitude

2. beehive, hive

a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

3. beehive, hive

a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

Verb

4. hive

store, like bees

Example Sentences:
'bees hive honey and pollen'
'He hived lots of information'

5. hive

move together in a hive or as if in a hive

Example Sentences:
'The bee swarms are hiving'

6. hive

gather into a hive

Example Sentences:
'The beekeeper hived the swarm'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hive

see synonyms of hive
noun
1. 
a structure in which social bees live and rear their young
2. 
a colony of social bees
3. 
a place showing signs of great industry (esp in the phrase a hive of activity)
4. 
a teeming crowd; multitude
5. 
an object in the form of a hive
verb
6. 
to cause (bees) to collect or (of bees) to collect inside a hive
7. 
to live or cause to live in or as if in a hive
8. (transitive)
(of bees) to store (honey, pollen, etc) in the hive
9. (tr; often foll by up or away)
to store, esp for future use
he used to hive away a small sum every week

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hive

see synonyms of hive
noun
1. 
a box or other shelter for a colony of domestic bees; beehive
2. 
a colony of bees living in a hive; swarm
3. 
a crowd of busy, very active people
4. 
a place where many people are busy or actively engaged
verb transitiveWord forms: hived or ˈhiving
5. 
to put or gather (bees) into a hive
6. 
to store up (honey) in a hive
7. 
to store up for future use; garner
verb intransitive
8. 
to enter a hive
9. 
to live together in or as in a hive

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hive

see synonyms of hive
n.
1.
a. A structure for housing domesticated honeybees.
b. A nest built by wild or feral bees.
c. A colony of bees living in such a structure or nest.
2. A place swarming with activity.
v. hived, hiv·ing, hives
v.tr.
1. To collect into a hive.
2. To store (honey) in a hive.
3. To store up; accumulate.
v.intr.
1. To enter and occupy a beehive.
2. To live with many others in close association.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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