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hive  (hv)

n.

1.

a. A structure for housing bees, especially honeybees.

b. A colony of bees living in such a structure.

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.

1. To enter and occupy a beehive.

2. To live with many others in close association.

Phrasal Verb:

hive off

To set apart from a group: hived off the department into another division.

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[Middle English, from Old English hf.]

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hive [haɪv]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a structure in which social bees live and rear their young

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) to cause (bees) to collect or (of bees) to collect inside a hive

2. to live or cause to live in or as if in a hive

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (tr) (of bees) to store (honey, pollen, etc.) in the hive

4. (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 hȳf; related to Westphalian hüwe, Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa barrel, Greek kupē, Sanskrit kūpa cave]

hivelike  adj

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hive - a teeming multitude concourse, throng, multitude - a large gathering of people
	2.	hive - a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees beehive apiary, bee house - a shed containing a number of beehives 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 beehive 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" cache, hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash - save up as for future use
	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

1. colony, swarm the dance performed by honeybees as they returned to the hive

2. centre, hub, powerhouse (slang) In the morning the house was a hive of activity.

Translations

hive [haɪv] N → colmena f
a 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 [ˈhaɪv] n

(for bees) → ruche f

(fig) a hive of activity → une véritable ruche
The shop was a hive of activity → Le magasin était une véritable ruche.
a hive of industry → une ruche industrielle

hive off

vt sep → céder
HIV-negative [ˌeɪtʃaɪviːˈnɛgətɪv] adj → séronégatif/ive
HIV-positive [ˌeɪtʃaɪviːˈpɒzɪtɪv] adj → séropositif/ive

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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

vt bees, swarm → einfangen, in den Stock bringen

vi (= swarm) → in den (Bienen)stock (ein)fliegen, einen Stock beziehen

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hive [haɪv] n → alveare m; (bees collectively) → sciame m
the 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

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hive [haɪv] n → alveare m; (bees collectively) → sciame m
the 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

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hive

n hive [haiv]

1 a box etc where bees live and store up honey He's building a hive so that he can keep bees. byekorf خَلِيَّة نَحْل кошер úl bikube der Bienenkorb κυψέλη colmena mesipuu كندو pesä ruche כָּווֶרת मधु मक्खियों का छत्ता košnica kaptár sarang lebah bÿflugnabú arnia, alveare 蜜蜂の巣箱 벌통 avilys (bišu) strops sarang lebah bijenkorf bikube ul colmeia stup улей úľ panj košnica bikupa รังผึ้ง arı kovanı 蜂巢 вулик شہد کی مکھیوں کا چھتا tổ ong 蜂箱

2 the bees that live in such a place The whole hive flew after the queen bee. byeswerm ثَوْل: جماعة النَّحِل рой roj biflok der Bienenschwarm μελίσσι colmena mesilaspere زنبورهايي كه در كندو زندگي مي كنند pesän ampiaiset essaim דְבוֹרִים इस तरह की जगह पर रहने वाली मधु मक्खियां roj (méh)kas kawanan lebah bÿflugnabú, bÿflugur sciame 蜜蜂の群れ (벌집 통의) 꿀벌떼 spiečius (bišu) spiets sekawan lebah bijenzwerm bisverm rój colmeia roi рой roj panj roj bisamhälle รังผึ้ง kovandaki arılar 蜂群 рій бджіл چھتے میں رہنے والی مکھیاں đàn ong 蜂群