Hive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A structure for housing bees, especially honeybees.
  • n. A colony of bees living in such a structure.
  • n. A place swarming with activity.
  • v. To collect into a hive.
  • v. To store (honey) in a hive.
  • v. To store up; accumulate.
  • verb-intransitive. To enter and occupy a beehive.
  • verb-intransitive. To live with many others in close association.
  • phrasal-verb. hive off To set apart from a group: hived off the department into another division.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A structure for housing a swarm of honeybees.
  • n. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
  • n. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
  • n. A section of the registry.
  • v. To enter or possess a hive.
  • v. To form a hive-like entity.
  • v. To collect into a hive.
  • v. To store in a hive or similarly.
  • v. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
  • n. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
  • n. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
  • v. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive.
  • v. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
  • verb-intransitive. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An artificial shelter or cell for the habitation of a swarm of honey-bees; a place in which bees harbor and lay up honey.
  • n. A bonnet or hat shaped like a beehive.
  • n. A swarm of bees, or the bees inhabiting a hive.
  • n. The abode of any animal.
  • n. Figuratively, a place swarming with busy occupants; a bustling company.
  • To gather into a hive; cause to enter a hive: as, to hive bees.
  • To stow, as in a place of deposit; lay up in store for future use or enjoyment.
  • To enter a hive; take to a hive, as bees; take shelter or lodgings together, in the manner of bees.
  • n. In oyster-culture, an artificial bed prepared for spat.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
  • n. a teeming multitude
  • v. move together in a hive or as if in a hive
  • v. gather into a hive
  • n. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
  • v. store, like bees
  • Verb Form
    hived    hiveed    hives    hiving   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    nest    throng    multitude    concourse    assemble    foregather    gather    meet    forgather    garner   
    Cross Reference
    bar-hive    apiary   
    Form
    hived    hiving    hivemind    superhive    beehive    hive off   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crowd    swarm   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Clive    Dr    Dr.    alive    arrive    clyve    connive    contrive    deprive    derive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    beehive    swarm    cavern    bunker    bee    termite