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hive
(hīv)n.
1.
a. A structure for housing domesticated honeybees.
b. A nest built by wild or feral bees.
c. A colony of bees living in such a structure or nest.
2. A place swarming with activity.
v. hived, hiv·ing, hives
v.tr.
1. To collect into a hive.
2. To store (honey) in a hive.
3. To store up; accumulate.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To enter and occupy a beehive.
2. To live with many others in close association.
hive off
To set apart from a group: hived off the department into another division.
[Middle English, from Old English hȳf.]
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hive
(haɪv)n
1. (Zoology) a structure in which social bees live and rear their young
2. (Zoology) a colony of social bees
3. a place showing signs of great industry (esp in the phrase a hive of activity)
4. a teeming crowd; multitude
5. an object in the form of a hive
vb
6. (Zoology) to cause (bees) to collect or (of bees) to collect inside a hive
7. to live or cause to live in or as if in a hive
8. (Zoology) (tr) (of bees) to store (honey, pollen, etc) in the hive
9. (tr; often foll by up or away) to store, esp for future use: he used to hive away a small sum every week.
[Old English hӯf; related to Westphalian hüwe, Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa barrel, Greek kupē, Sanskrit kūpa cave]
ˈhiveˌlike adj
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hive
(haɪv)n., v. hived, hiv•ing. n.
1. a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
2. the colony of bees inhabiting a hive.
3. something resembling a beehive in structure or use.
4. a place swarming with busy occupants: a hive of industry.
5. a swarming or teeming multitude.
v.t. 6. to gather into or cause to enter a hive.
7. to store up in a hive.
8. to store or lay away for future use or enjoyment.
v.i. 9. (of bees) to enter a hive.
10. to live together in or as if in a hive.
11. hive off, to separate or remove from a group.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English hȳf; akin to Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa vat]
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hive
(hīv)1. A structure for housing bees, especially honeybees.
2. A colony of bees living in such a structure.
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Hive
a beehive; an extremely busy place.Examples: hive of bees, 1583; of Roman liars, 1864; of mankind, 1839; of oysters, 1882.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
hive
Past participle: hived
Gerund: hiving
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Noun | 1. | hive - a teeming multitude |
2. | hive - a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in skep - a domed beehive made of twisted straw | |
3. | hive - a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree honeycomb - a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae nest - a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young | |
Verb | 1. | hive - store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information" salt away, stack away, stash away, store, hive away, lay in, put in - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" salt away, stack away, stash away, store, hive away, lay in, put in - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" |
2. | hive - move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving" foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" | |
3. | hive - gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm" gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" |
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hive
noun
2. centre, hub, powerhouse (slang) In the morning the house was a hive of activity.
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hive
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Translations
ثَوْل: جماعة النَّحِلخَلِيَّة نَحْل
rojúl
bikubebiflok
kaptárkas
bÿflugnabúbÿflugnabú, bÿflugur
spietsstrops
úľ
čebelnjakpanj
arı kovanıkovan
hive
[haɪv] N → colmena fa hive of activity (fig) → un hervidero de actividad
a hive of industry → un lugar donde se trabaja muchísimo
hive off
A. VT + ADV
1. (Fin) (= sell off) → vender (por separado)
2. (= privatize) → privatizar
B. VI + ADV (= split from) → desligarse
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hive
n
(= beehive) → Bienenkorb m, → Bienenstock m; (= bees in a hive) → (Bienen)schwarm m, → (Bienen)volk nt
(fig) to be a hive of industry → das reinste Bienenhaus sein; the office was a hive of activity → das Büro glich einem Bienenhaus
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
hive
[haɪv] n → alveare m; (bees collectively) → sciame mthe shop was a hive of activity (fig) → c'era una grande attività nel negozio
hive off
1. vi + adv to hive off (from) → staccarsi (da)
2. vt + adv → staccare; (privatize) → privatizzare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hive
(haiv) noun1. a box etc where bees live and store up honey. He's building a hive so that he can keep bees.
2. the bees that live in such a place. The whole hive flew after the queen bee.
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