Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A structure for housing domesticated honeybees.
- noun A nest built by wild or feral bees.
- noun A colony of bees living in such a structure or nest.
- noun A place swarming with activity.
- intransitive verb To collect into a hive.
- intransitive verb To store (honey) in a hive.
- intransitive verb To store up; accumulate.
- intransitive verb To enter and occupy a beehive.
- intransitive verb To live with many others in close association.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In oyster-culture, an artificial bed prepared for spat.
- 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.
- noun An artificial shelter or cell for the habitation of a swarm of honey-bees; a place in which bees harbor and lay up honey.
- noun A bonnet or hat shaped like a beehive.
- noun A swarm of bees, or the bees inhabiting a hive.
- noun The abode of any animal.
- noun Figuratively, a place swarming with busy occupants; a bustling company.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
- transitive verb To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive.
- transitive verb To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
- noun A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
- noun The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
- noun A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
- noun (Zoöl.) the honeybee.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A structure for housing a swarm of honeybees.
- noun The bees of one hive; a
swarm of bees. - noun A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
- noun computing A
section of theregistry . - verb intransitive, entomology To enter or possess a hive.
- verb intransitive To form a hive-like entity.
- verb transitive To collect into a hive.
- verb transitive To store in a hive or similarly.
- verb intransitive To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
- noun a teeming multitude
- verb move together in a hive or as if in a hive
- verb gather into a hive
- noun a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
- verb store, like bees
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I. iii.81 (29,2) When that the general is not like the hive] The meaning is, _When the general is not_ to the army _like the hive_ to the bees, the repository of the stock of every individual, that to which each particular resorts with whatever be has collected for the good of the whole, _what honey is expected_? what hope of advantage?
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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Why they are the owners of SinglesNet, the #1 dating site. the hive is a bunch of developers around the world, their website is full of trippy graphics and references to PHP, databases, clustering and all sorts of geekdom.
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Why they are the owners of SinglesNet, the #1 dating site. the hive is a bunch of developers around the world, their website is full of trippy graphics and references to PHP, databases, clustering and all sorts of geekdom.
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Eggs and larva are present, and the hive is filled with honey.
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When a hive is threatened, bees release a pheromone-like substance which is called an alarm odor.
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The hive is surprised to learn that humans are not already a collective, so it uses Harry to "re-unite" humanity into a common gestalt so it can be easily conquered and brought into the collective.
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The hive is the home of the bees as literally and absolutely as the nest is the home of mating birds in their season.
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When the lives of the bees are to be preserved, the full hive is inverted, and the empty hive being put over it, and both of them enclosed in a cloth, the lower hive is tapped several times on the outside with a stick, and gently shaken, so as to drive the bees from it into the upper hive.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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Many kinds of hives have been recommended, and Nutt's hive is a very good one, where the bees are kept merely for an amusement, and it is wished to see them at work; but, where honey is an object, I believe the common straw hives are found to answer best.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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Following her trail, the heroes descend deep into the lair of the grotesque Geonosian queen †“Karina the Great †“where they discover that the hive is alive and teeming with undead defenders.
brtom commented on the word hive
I'll hive that money for them or bust. HF 26
December 7, 2006
ruzuzu commented on the word hive
"In oyster-culture, an artificial bed prepared for spat." --CD&C
October 25, 2011