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hive
[ hahyv ]
noun
- a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
- the colony of bees inhabiting a hive.
- something resembling a beehive in structure or use.
- a place swarming with busy occupants:
a hive of industry.
Synonyms: ,
- a swarming or teeming multitude.
verb (used with object)
- to gather into or cause to enter a hive.
- to shelter as in a hive.
- to store up in a hive.
- to store or lay away for future use or enjoyment.
verb (used without object)
- (of bees) to enter a hive.
- to live together in or as in a hive.
verb phrase
- British. to become transferred from the main body of a commercial or industrial enterprise through the agency of new ownership.
hive
/ ³ó²¹Éª±¹ /
noun
- a structure in which social bees live and rear their young
- a colony of social bees
- a place showing signs of great industry (esp in the phrase a hive of activity )
- a teeming crowd; multitude
- an object in the form of a hive
verb
- to cause (bees) to collect or (of bees) to collect inside a hive
- to live or cause to live in or as if in a hive
- tr (of bees) to store (honey, pollen, etc) in the hive
- tr; often foll by up or away to store, esp for future use
he used to hive away a small sum every week
Derived Forms
- ˈ³ó¾±±¹±ðËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³ó¾±±¹±ðl±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ³ó¾±±¹±ðl¾±°ì±ð adjective
- ³ó¾±±¹î€½Ä°ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hive1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hive1
Example Sentences
He said it threatened to disrupt the movement of queen bees, which lay all the eggs in the business's honey-producing hives - of which there are more than 125.
It is becoming plain that Kennedy is turning the department from a beacon of science-based medicine and public health into a hive of conspiracy theorists and, as Marks wrote, peddlers of “misinformation and lies.â€
One resident, who did not wish to be named, said the vibrations killed the bees in his hives.
The duchess announces her entrance by speaking “in our bee voice,†a low volume meant to maintain calm as she and her beekeeper mentor collect honey from their hive.
It only makes sense that the two libertarians would collide at the hive of scum and villainy that is CPAC.
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