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noun
2.
the colony of bees inhabiting a hive.
3.
something resembling a beehive in structure or use.
4.
a place swarming with busy occupants: a hive of industry.
5.
a swarming or teeming multitude.
verb (used with object)
6.
to gather into or cause to enter a hive.
7.
to shelter as in a hive.
8.
to store up in a hive.
9.
to store or lay away for future use or enjoyment.
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verb (used without object)
Verb phrases 10.
(of bees) to enter a hive.
11.
to live together in or as in a hive.
12.
hive off, British. to become transferred from the main body of a commercial or industrial enterprise through the agency of new ownership.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English hȳf; akin to Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa vat
before 900; Middle English; Old English hȳf; akin to Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa vat
Related forms
hive·less, adjective
hive·like, adjective
hiv·er, noun
Synonyms
4. hub, center.
4. hub, center.
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hive (haɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| —vb | |
| 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. | (tr) (of bees) to store (honey, pollen, etc) in the hive |
| 9. | (tr; |
| [Old English hӯf; related to Westphalian hüwe, Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa barrel, Greek kupē, Sanskrit kūpa cave] | |
| 'hivelike | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
hive
O.E. hyf, from P.Gmc. *khufiz (cf. O.N. hufr "hull of a ship"), from PIE *keup- "round container, bowl" (cf. Skt. kupah "hollow, pit, cave," Gk. kypellon "cup," L. cupa "tub, cask, vat"). Figurative sense of "swarming, busy place" is from 1634.
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Example sentences
Most die away from the hive, so researchers don't have dead bodies to examine.
They now sting purely to defend the hive, and they are dismayingly good at what they do.
From time to time a hive simply gives up the ghost and vanishes.
The park is a hive of activity, offering bocce ball, a gaming arcade and horseshoe pits.
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