hive

  • 61hive sth off — UK US hive sth off Phrasal Verb with hive({{}}/haɪv/ verb [T] UK ► to separate one part of a company from the rest of the company, usually by selling it: »It would be a mistake to hive the division off to a competitor …

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  • 62Hive, East Riding of Yorkshire — infobox UK place country = England latitude = 53.768576 longitude = 0.756581 official name = Hive population = civil parish = Gilberdyke unitary england = East Riding of Yorkshire region = Yorkshire and the Humber lieutenancy england = East… …

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  • 63hive off — PHRASAL VERB If someone hives off part of a business, they transfer it to new ownership, usually by selling it. [mainly BRIT] [V P n (not pron)] Klockner plans to hive off its loss making steel businesses... [V P n (not pron) into/to n] Lufthansa …

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  • 64hive off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hive off : present tense I/you/we/they hive off he/she/it hives off present participle hiving off past tense hived off past participle hived off 1) business to separate part of an organization or service and… …

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  • 65hive bee — noun : a domestic honeybee * * * hive bee noun The common honey producing bee, Apis mellifica • • • Main Entry: ↑hive * * * n. another term for honeybee …

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  • 66hive off — verb Date: circa 1856 intransitive verb chiefly British to break away from or as if from a group ; become separate transitive verb chiefly British to make separate: as a. to remove from a group < hive off the rookies for special training > b. to&#8230; …

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  • 67hive aura — См. hive odor …

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  • 68hive of activity — noun A very busy place. As more and more people arrived, the office became a hive of activity …

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  • 69hive something off — chiefly Brit. separate something from a larger group or organization. → hive …

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  • 70hive beetle — /ˈhaɪv bitəl/ (say huyv beetuhl) noun a small black beetle, Aethina tumida, which lays its eggs in honeycombs, the larva burrowing through the combs, damaging and fouling them in the process; a pest in Australia since 2002. Also, small hive&#8230; …