hive
21hive — n. & v. n. 1 a a beehive. b the bees in a hive. 2 a busy swarming place. 3 a swarming multitude. 4 a thing shaped like a hive in being domed. v. 1 tr. a place (bees) in a hive. b house (people etc.) snugly. 2 intr. a enter a hive. b live together …
22hive — hive1 [ haıv ] noun count a container in which BEES live and make HONEY a. all the bees that live in a hive a hive of activity a place where everyone is very busy hive hive 2 [ haıv ] verb ,hive off phrasal verb transitive 1. ) to consider… …
23hive — [[t]ha͟ɪv[/t]] hives, hiving, hived 1) N COUNT A hive is the same as a beehive. 2) N COUNT: N of n (approval) If you describe a place as a hive of activity, you approve of the fact that there is a lot of activity there or that people are busy… …
24hive — haɪv n. beehive, structure inhabited by a colony of bees; something resembling a beehive; place full of busy activity v. go into a hive; cause to enter a hive; take shelter (as in a hive); store up, save in a safe place; live together like bees… …
25hive — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hȳf; perhaps akin to Old Norse hūfr ship s hull, Latin cūpa tub, Sanskrit kūpa cave Date: before 12th century 1. a. a container for housing honeybees b. the usually aboveground nest of bees 2.… …
26hive — 1. noun /haɪv/ a) A structure, which a swarm of honeybees inhabits or has inhabited. b) The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. 2. verb /haɪv/ a) To enter or possess a hive. b) To form a hive like entity …
27hive — noun 1》 a beehive. 2》 a very busy place: a hive of activity. verb 1》 place (bees) in a hive. 2》 (hive something off) chiefly Brit. separate something from a larger group or organization. Origin OE hȳf, of Gmc origin …
28hive — 1 noun 1 (C) a) also beehive a small box where bees are kept b) the group of bees who live together in a hive 2 a hive of industry/activity etc BrE a place that is full of people who are very busy 3 hives (U) a skin disease in which a person s… …
29hive — [OE] Hive comes ultimately from Indo European *keup , which denoted ‘round container, bowl’ and also produced Greek kúpellon ‘drinking vessel’, Latin cūpa ‘barrel’ (source of English coop, cooper, and cupola), and its post classical offshoot… …
30hive — I. n. 1. Habitation of bees, bee hive, apiary. 2. Swarm of bees, swarm. II. v. a. 1. Put into a hive. 2. Store, collect, gather. See hoard …
