hive /haɪv/verb 5noun 5forms 3phrases 4 verb5 •To collect (bees) into a hive. •To store (something other than bees) in, or as if in, a hive.Hiving wisdom with each studious year. — 1816 •To take lodging or shelter together; to reside in a collective body.[…] to get into warmer houses, and hive together in cities — 1725 •Of insects: to enter or possess a hive. •To form a hive-like entity. noun5 •A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.First, for thy Bees a quiet Station find, / And lodge 'em under Covert of the Wind: / For Winds, when homeward they return, will drive / The loaded Carriers from their Ev'ning Hive. — 1697 •The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.When that the general is not like the hive, to whom the foragers shall all repair, what honey is expected? — 1602 •A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.There the horde of Roman robbers mock at a barbarous adversary. / There the hive of Roman liars worship a gluttonous emperor-idiot. — 1864 •An itchy, red, swollen area of the skin; singular or attributive form of hives.[…] if you are allergic to it, the skin produces a localized red, itchy reaction, a hive. The hive appears within minutes of the allergy skin test and lasts up to approximately 24 hours. — 2003 •A section of the registry.Windows builds the registry from the five registry hives[…] — 2006 formshived · hiving · hives Phrases with hive hive of activityA very busy place. hive offTo separate from a larger group. hive upTo stash or lay away for later use mother-hivethe principal or source hive of a colony of bees
