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hive
[ hahyv ]
noun
- a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
- the colony of bees inhabiting a hive.
- something resembling a beehive in structure or use.
- a place swarming with busy occupants:
a hive of industry.
- a swarming or teeming multitude.
verb (used with object)
, hived, hiv·ing.
- to gather into or cause to enter a hive.
- to shelter as in a hive.
- to store up in a hive.
- to store or lay away for future use or enjoyment.
verb (used without object)
, hived, hiv·ing.
- (of bees) to enter a hive.
- to live together in or as in a hive.
verb phrase
- British. to become transferred from the main body of a commercial or industrial enterprise through the agency of new ownership.
hive
/ haɪv /
noun
- a structure in which social bees live and rear their young
- a colony of social bees
- a place showing signs of great industry (esp in the phrase a hive of activity )
- a teeming crowd; multitude
- an object in the form of a hive
verb
- to cause (bees) to collect or (of bees) to collect inside a hive
- to live or cause to live in or as if in a hive
- tr (of bees) to store (honey, pollen, etc) in the hive
- tr; often foll by up or away to store, esp for future use
he used to hive away a small sum every week
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Derived Forms
- ˈhiveˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- hiveless adjective
- hivelike adjective
- hiver noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hive1
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English hȳf; akin to Old Norse hūfr “ship's hull,” Latin cūpa “vat”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hive1
Old English hӯf; related to Westphalian hüwe, Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa barrel, Greek kupē, Sanskrit kūpa cave
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