About The Word Hive
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Hive
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What's The Definition Of Hive?
[n] a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
[n] a teeming multitude [n] a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree [v] gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm" [v] move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving" [v] store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hive: beehive | beehive Related Terms | Find terms related to Hive: a mass of | a world of | aerie | amass | anchor | apiary | army | assemble | bee tree | beehive | bevy | billet at | bivouac | bunch | bunch up | burrow | camp | center of manufacture | charm | clot | cloud | cluster | clutter | collect | colonize | come to anchor | come together | congregate | converge | copulate | couple | covey | crowd | cumulate | date | domesticate | drop anchor | ensconce | establish residence | eyrie | flight | flock | flock together | flocks | flow together | forgather | fuse | gaggle | gang around | gang up | garner | gather | gather around | hail | herd together | hive of industry | horde | host | hub of industry | huddle | inhabit | jam | keep house | large amount | lay up | league | legion | link | live at | locate | lots | manufacturing town | many | mass | masses of | meet | merge | mill | mob | moor | move | muchness | multitude | murmuration | muster | nest | nidus | numbers | pack | park | people | perch | plague | plurality | populate | quantities | quite a few | rally | rally around | relocate | rendezvous | reside | roll up | roost | rout | ruck | scores | seethe | set up housekeeping | set up shop | settle | settle down | shoal | sit down | skein | spring | squat | stand | stay at | stockpile | store up | stream | strike root | surge | swarm | take residence at | take root | take up residence | throng | tidy sum | unite | vespiary | watch | worlds of See Also | apiary | bee house | cache | collect | collect | concourse | congregate | garner | gather | gather | hive away | hive up | hoard | lay away | lay in | multitude | nest | pull together | put in | receptacle | salt away | skep | squirrel away | stack away | stash | stash away | store | throng Hive In Webster's Dictionary \Hive\, n. [OE. hive, huve, AS. h?fe.]
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. --Tennyson.
{Hive bee} (Zo["o]l.), the honeybee.
\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. --Byron. \Hive\, v. i. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. --Pope. |
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