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1. (n.) hive
a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
2. hive
the colony of bees inhabiting a hive.
3. hive
something resembling a beehive in structure or use.
4. hive
a place swarming with busy occupants:
a hive of industry.
5. hive
a swarming or teeming multitude.
6. (v.t.) hive
to gather into or cause to enter a hive.
7. hive
to store up in a hive.
8. hive
to store or lay away for future use or enjoyment.
9. (v.i.) hive
(of bees) to enter a hive.
10. hive
to live together in or as if in a hive.
11. hive
hive off, to separate or remove from a group.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE h&ymacr;f; akin to ON hūfr ship's hull, L cūpa vat)
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| Definition of 'HIVE' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hive
a teeming multitude
2. (noun) beehive, hive
a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
3. (verb) beehive, hive
a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
4. (verb) hive
store, like bees
"bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"
5. (verb) hive
move together in a hive or as if in a hive
"The bee swarms are hiving"
6. (verb) hive
gather into a hive
"The beekeeper hived the swarm"
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1. (noun) hive
a place that bees live, or the group of bees living there
honey in the hive; the hive's behavior
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| Definition of 'HIVE' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) HIVE
a box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees
2. (noun) HIVE
the bees of one hive; a swarm of bees
3. (noun) HIVE
a place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd
4. (verb) HIVE
to collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees
5. (verb) HIVE
to store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store
6. (verb) HIVE
to take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body
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Sense: a box etc where bees live and store up honey
He's building a hive so that he can keep bees.
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 Afrikaans: byekorf |
 Arabic: خَلِيَّة نَحْل |
 Bulgarian: кошер |
 Brazilian: colmeia |
 Czech: úl |
 German: der Bienenkorb |
 Danish: bikube |
 Greek: κυψέλη |
 Spanish: colmena |
 Estonian: mesipuu |
 Farsi: كندو |
 Finnish: mehiläispesä |
 French: ruche |
 Hebrew: כָּווֶרת |
 Hindi: मधु मक्खियों का छत्ता |
 Croatian: košnica |
 Hungarian: kaptár |
 Indonesian: sarang lebah |
 Icelandic: bÿflugnabú |
 Italian: arnia, alveare |
 Japanese: 蜜蜂の巣箱 |
 Korean: 벌통 |
 Lithuanian: avilys |
 Latvian: (bišu) strops |
 Malay: sarang lebah |
 Dutch: bijenkorf |
 Norwegian: bikube |
 Polish: ul |
 Persian: كندو |
 Pashto: کندو |
 Portuguese: colmeia |
 Romanian: stup |
 Russian: улей |
 Slovak: úľ |
 Slovenian: panj |
 Serbian: košnica |
 Swedish: bikupa |
 Thai: รังผึ้ง |
 Turkish: arı kovanı |
 Taiwanese: 蜂巢 |
 Ukrainian: вулик |
 Urdu: شہد کی مکھیوں کا چھتا |
 Vietnamese: tổ ong |
 Chinese: 蜂箱 |
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