hive

[Hive]

A hive can be a home for bees. It’s also a whole bunch of something moving around like a hive of eager students which is related to the fact that so many bees live in a hive.

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

Noun
a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

Noun
a teeming multitude

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

Verb
gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"

Verb
move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving"

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Verb
store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"


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

n.
The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.

n.
A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.

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

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

v. i.
To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.


Hive

Hive , n. [OE. hive, huve, AS. hfe.] 1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. Dryden. 2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. Shak. 3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
The hive of Roman liars.
Hive bee (Zo'94l.), the honeybee.

Hive

Hive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hived ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiving.] 1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees. 2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
Hiving wisdom with each studious year.

Hive

Hive, v. i. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope.

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

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

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

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You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.

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