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hives

  [hahyvz]
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–noun (used with a singular or plural verb) Pathology.
any of various eruptive conditions of the skin, as the wheals of urticaria.
Origin:
1490–1500; orig. Scots; of obscure orig.
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hive

  [hahyv] noun, verb, hived, hiv⋅ing.
–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.]
hives   (hīvz)   
pl.n.   (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
A skin condition characterized by intensely itching welts and caused by an allergic reaction to internal or external agents, an infection, or a nervous condition. Also called nettle rash, urticaria.

[Origin unknown.]
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Cultural Dictionary

hives

A condition characterized by the sudden appearance of red, raised areas on the skin that itch severely. Hives may be caused by an allergic reaction (see allergy) to foods or other substances.

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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.

hives 
c.1500 hyvis "itchy condition of the skin," origin unknown. Some writers connect it with heave because hives erupt out from the skin, but the phonetics of that are difficult to explain.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hive
Pronunciation: 'hIv
Function: noun
: an urticarial wheal

Main Entry: hives
Pronunciation: 'hIvz
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
: an allergic disorder marked by raised edematous patchesof skin or mucous membrane and usually by intense itching and caused by contact with a specific precipitating factor (as a food, drug, or inhalant) either externally or internally called alsourticaria
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Medical Dictionary

hives (hīvz)
pl.n.
See urticaria.

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Science Dictionary
hives   (hīvz)  Pronunciation Key 
A skin condition characterized by transient, itching welts, usually resulting from an allergic reaction.
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