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[ hahyv ] / haɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hive ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna 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 Phraseshive off, British. to become transferred from the main body of a commercial or industrial enterprise through the agency of new ownership. Origin of hiveFirst recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English hȳf; akin to Old Norse hūfr “ship's hull,” Latin cūpa “vat” SYNONYMS FOR hiveSEE SYNONYMS FOR hive ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM hivehiveless, adjectivehivelike, adjectivehiver, nounWords nearby hivehit upon, hit wicket, Hitzig, HIV, Hiva Oa, hive, hive bee, hive dross, hive mind, hive off, hives Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hiveNot just the bees’ wings and bodies but also the structure of their hive. The Dark Side of Smart - Facts So Romantic|Diana Fleischman|September 15, 2020|Nautilus A hatched queen might wander around the hive tooting for several days. Quacks and toots help young honeybee queens avoid deadly duels|Sharon Oosthoek|September 14, 2020|Science News For Students The researchers pressed vibration detectors into the beeswax of one frame from each hive. Quacks and toots help young honeybee queens avoid deadly duels|Sharon Oosthoek|September 14, 2020|Science News For Students Bencsik and his team didn’t see this happening because they were tracking the bees from outside the hive. Quacks and toots help young honeybee queens avoid deadly duels|Sharon Oosthoek|September 14, 2020|Science News For Students
This happens when worker bees abandon their hive, eventually causing the hive to die. For teens, big problems may lead to meaningful research|Carolyn Wilke|July 28, 2020|Science News For Students The drones, as it were, had to rest at their stations, constantly maintaining the hive for the greater good. The Secret Soviet Power Bunker—in Latvia, a Hiding Place for the Elite|Brandon Presser|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Since the mid-19th century, Sicily has been known as a hive of Mafioso activity. Palermo Is Not Just for the Mafia Anymore|Alia Akkam|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST This conservative, evangelical megachurch, just outside San Diego, is a hive of activity on a Sunday morning. Even After Hobby Lobby, the Religious Right is Still Terrified|Gene Robinson|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Burt called on his beekeeper pal, who scooped up the bees from the fencepost with his bare hands, and dumped them into a hive. Burt’s Bees Co-Founder Burt Shavitz on the Doc ‘Burt’s Buzz,’ and Losing Millions|Marlow Stern|September 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST The honey cart full, Andrew puts the roof back on the hive and we take the elevator down to the second-floor kitchen. Honey Harvest at the Waldorf Astoria’s Beehives|Josh Dzieza|August 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST From the Masovians, who are great people to multiply, and who increase like bees in a hive, are descended most of those colonists. And in case a hum was heard that sounded like a hive, a certain cry, twice repeated, was to summon all the others to the spot. The Boy Scouts on the Trail|Herbert Carter Man helps in this work, but woman leads; the hive is always in confusion without the queen bee. Household Papers and Stories|Harriet Beecher Stowe The workers chew them (they are useless unchewed) into the all-supporting, all-embracing Wax of the Hive. Actions and Reactions|Rudyard Kipling Nuova and Hero were not only saved, but they were become in a second King and Queen of the hive.
British Dictionary definitions for hive
nouna 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 verbto 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 usehe used to hive away a small sum every week Derived forms of hivehivelike, adjectiveWord Origin for hiveOld English hӯf; related to Westphalian hüwe, Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa barrel, Greek kupē, Sanskrit kūpa cave Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hivecolony, swarm, beehive |