hivenoun
uk/haɪv/us/haɪv/hive noun (BEES)
[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a structure where bees live, especially a beehive (= container like a box) or the group of bees living there
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Animal groupings
- bevy
- biomass
- brood
- colony
- covey
- drove
- eusocial
- flight
- flock
- gaggle
- herd
- menagerie
- pack
- pair
- pod
- pride
- shoal
- stud
- swarm
- team
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Animal Dwellings - man-made
hive noun (SKIN CONDITION)
hives [ U ]
a condition in which a person's skin develops red raised areas:
She broke out in hives after eating strawberries.
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Skin complaints & blemishes
- boil
- calloused
- capillary telangiectasia
- cradle cap
- crusta lactea
- dandruff
- diaper rash
- heat rash
- jaundice
- lupus
- pitted
- prickle
- pustule
- rash
- scabby
- scar
- sinus
- spotty
- ulcerated
- verruca
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Idiom(s)
a hive of activity/industry