Definition of hive Hive

/hajˈv/ - [hayv] - hive

We found 29 definitions of hive from 6 different sources.

What does hive mean?

Noun Plural: hives
hive - a teeming multitude
hive - a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
		beehive
		receptacle a container that is used to put or keep things in
		apiary, bee house a shed containing a number of beehives
hive - a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
		beehive
		nest a kind of gun emplacement; "a machine-gun nest"; "a nest of snipers"
Verb hives, hiving, hived
hive - store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"
		hive away, lay in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store, put in keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
		hive away, lay in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store, put in keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
		cache, hive up, lay away, squirrel away, stash, hoard save up as for future use
hive - gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"
		pull together, garner, collect, gather store grain
hive - move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving"
		foregather, forgather, assemble, gather, meet create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

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hive (Noun)
A structure for housing a swarm of honeybees.
hive (Noun)
The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
hive (Noun)
A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
hive (Noun)
A section of the registry.
hive (Verb)
To enter or possess a hive.
hive (Verb)
To form a hive-like entity.
hive (Verb)
To collect into a hive.
hive (Verb)
To store in a hive or similarly.
hive (Verb)
To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.

hive (n.)
A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
hive (n.)
The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
hive (n.)
A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
hive (v. t.)
To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
hive (v. t.)
To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
hive (v. i.)
To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.

hive
A box or receptable in which bees are kept for their honey.
hive
A teeming multitude.
hive
A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree.
hive
To move together in a hive or as if in a hive.
hive
To store, like bees.
hive
To gather into a hive.

hive
hīv, n. a place where bees live and store up honey, whether artificial or natural: a swarm of bees in a box or basket: any busy company.—v.t. to collect into a hive: to lay up in store.—v.i. to take shelter together: to reside in a body.—ns. Hive′-bee, the common honey-bee; Hiv′er; Hive′-nest, a large nest built and occupied by several pairs of birds in common. [A.S. hýf.]

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