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hive

  [hahyv] noun, verb, hived, hiv⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
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.
–verb (used without object)
10. (of bees) to enter a hive.
11. to live together in or as in a hive.
—Verb phrase
12. hive off, British. to become transferred from the main body of a commercial or industrial enterprise through the agency of new ownership.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE hȳf; akin to ON hūfr ship's hull, L cūpa vat

Related forms:
hiveless, adjective
hivelike, adjective
hiver, noun

Synonyms:
4. hub, center.
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hive   (hīv)   
n.  

    1. A structure for housing bees, especially honeybees.

    2. A colony of bees living in such a structure.

  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.

Phrasal Verb(s):
hive offTo set apart from a group: hived off the department into another division.

[Middle English, from Old English hȳf.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hive
Pronunciation: 'hIv
Function: noun
: an urticarial wheal
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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