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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hive off vb (adverb)- to transfer or be transferred from a larger group or unit
- (usually tr) to transfer (profitable activities of a nationalized industry) back to private ownership
hive /haɪv/USA pronunciation n., v., hived, hiv•ing. n. [countable] - Insects, Animal Husbandrya shelter for housing a colony of honeybees;
beehive. - Animal Husbandrya colony of bees.
- a place swarming with busy occupants:a hive of activity.
v. [no object] - British Terms hive off, Chiefly Brit. to separate from a group:The bombers hived off and went after their individual targets.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hive (hīv),USA pronunciation n., v., hived, hiv•ing. n. - Insects, Animal Husbandrya shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees;
beehive. - Animal Husbandrythe 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.
v.t. - Animal Husbandryto gather into or cause to enter a hive.
- Animal Husbandryto shelter as in a hive.
- to store up in a hive.
- to store or lay away for future use or enjoyment.
v.i. - Animal Husbandry(of bees) to enter a hive.
- to live together in or as in a hive.
- British Terms hive off, to become transferred from the main body of a commercial or industrial enterprise through the agency of new ownership.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English hȳf; akin to Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa vat
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hub, center.
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