hive /hīv/ noun- A box or basket in which bees live and store up honey
- A colony of bees
- A scene of great industry
- A teeming multitude or breeding-place
- A hat of plaited straw shaped like an old beehive (obsolete)
transitive verb- To collect into a hive
- To lay up in store (often with away or up)
intransitive verb- (of bees) to enter or take possession of a hive
- To take shelter together
- To reside in a body
ORIGIN: OE hȳf hiveˈless adjective hiveˈlike adjective hīvˈer noun Someone who hives hiveˈward adjective and adverb hiveˈwards adverb hive bee noun The common honey-producing bee, Apis mellifica hiveˈ-honey noun hiveˈ-nest noun A large nest built and occupied by several pairs of birds in common hive off - To withdraw as if in a swarm
- To assign (work) to a subsidiary company
- To divert (assets or sections of an industrial concern) to other concerns (hiveˈ-off noun)
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