Definitions for hive
haɪvhive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hivenoun

   a teeming multitude

2. beehive, hivenoun

   a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

3. beehive, hiveverb

   a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

4. hiveverb

   store, like bees

   "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"

5. hiveverb

   move together in a hive or as if in a hive

   "The bee swarms are hiving"

6. hiveverb

   gather into a hive

   "The beekeeper hived the swarm"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. hivenoun

   A structure for housing a swarm of honeybees.

2. hivenoun

   The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.

3. hivenoun

   A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.

4. hivenoun

   A section of the registry.

5. hiveverb

   To enter or possess a hive.

6. hiveverb

   To form a hive-like entity.

7. hiveverb

   To collect into a hive.

8. hiveverb

   To store in a hive or similarly.

9. Etymology: From hyfe, from hyf, from hūfiz (compare Dutch huif ‘beehive’, Danish dialect huv ‘ship's hull’), from kuhₓp- ‘water vessel’ (compare Latin cupa ‘tub, vat’, Ancient Greek κύπη ‘gap, hole’, κύπελλον ‘beaker’, Sanskrit ‘cave’), from ‘to bend, curve’. The computing term was chosen as an in-joke relating to bees; see.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HIVEnoun

   Etymology: hyfe, Saxon.

   1. The habitation or cell of bees.

   So bees with smoke, and doves with noisome stench,
   Are from their hives and houses driv’n away. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   So wand’ring bees would perish in the air,
   Did not a sound, proportion’d to their ear,
   Appease their rage, invite them to the hive. Edmund Waller.

   Bees, of which we are told so many wonderful things, have each of them a hole in their hives: their honey is their own, and every bee minds her own concerns. Joseph Addison, Guardian.

   2. The bees inhabiting a hive.

   The commons, like an angry hive of bees
   That want their leader, scatter up and down. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   3. A company being together.

   What modern masons call a lodge was by antiquity called a hive of free masons; and therefore, when a dissention happens, the going off is to this day called swarming. Jonathan Swift.

2. To Hiveverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To put into hives; to harbour.

   Mr. Addison of Oxford has been troublesome to me: after his bees, my latter swarm is scarcely worth hiving. Dryden.

   When they are fully settled, and the cluster at the biggest, hive them. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

   2. To contain in hives.

   Ambitious now to take excise
   Of a more fragrant paradise,
   He at Fuscara’s sleeve arriv’d,
   Where all delicious sweets are hiv’d. John Cleveland.

3. To Hiveverb

   To take shelter together.

   He sleeps by day
   More than the wild cat: drones hive not with me,
   Therefore I part with him. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   In Summer we wander in a paradisaical scene, among groves and gardens; but at this season we get into warmer houses, and hive together in cities. Alexander Pope, Letters.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hive

   The H.I.V.E., which stands for the Hierarchy of International Vengeance and Extermination, is a fictional terrorist organization appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The H.I.V.E. organization appeared on the fourth season of The CW show Arrow with Damien Darhk as their leader.

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1. hive

   A hive is a structure or place where bees live and raise their young. It is also where they collectively store their honey. The term can also refer to a place with a lot of activity or a large number of individuals, or any group or collection of similar things situated closely together. Moreover, in the technological context, Apache Hive is a data warehouse software project which processes structured and semi-structured data in Hadoop.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hivenoun

   a box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees

2. Hivenoun

   the bees of one hive; a swarm of bees

3. Hivenoun

   a place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd

4. Hiveverb

   to collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees

5. Hiveverb

   to store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store

6. Hiveverb

   to take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body

7. Etymology: [OE. hive, huve, AS. hfe.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HIVE

   HIVE is an abstract game programming library. It is designed to be simple and easy to understand. As of now, it is only for Microsoft Windows and C/C++.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. hive

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Matched Categories

1. • Gather
   • Multitude
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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hive in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of hive in a Sentence

1. Siddha Nagarjuna:

   He who does not attempt to make peace When small discords arise, Is like the bee's hive which leaks drops of honey Soon, the whole hive collapses.

2. Mike Connor:

   If you find a hive, leave it alone.

3. Marcus Aurelius:

   That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

4. Breckenridge Fire Department:

   When all patients were removed from the scene, Sheriff's deputies and firefighters went door to door and advised people not to use outside noise making equipment until bees could hive back up and calm down.

5. Matthew Willey:

   From depression or addiction, to climate change to plastic pollution in the ocean, to systemic racism, it is our choice to separate all these interconnected problems out into fragments that makes them harder to solve, a bee is always considering the welfare of her hive. She is wired that way. But humans are wired for choice. So we must choose to see how connected all our problems are.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hive
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hive
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hive
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hive
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hive