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- Dictionaryhive/hīv/
noun
- 1. a beehive.
- 2. a place in which people are busily occupied: "the kitchen became a hive of activity"
verb
- 1. place (bees) in a hive: "smoke is used to subdue bees when taking and hiving a swarm"
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a place where bees live, esp. a beehive (= container), or the group of bees living there. (Definition of hive from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of hive. hive. Everything from genes, cells, and organisms to hives, demes, and possibly entire species. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
The meaning of HIVE is a container for housing honeybees. How to use hive in a sentence.
Hive definition: a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive. . See examples of HIVE used in a sentence.
A hive can be a home for bees. It’s also a whole bunch of something moving around — like a hive of eager students — which is related to the fact that so many bees live in a hive. The word hive is most recognizable as a place where bees live, but it can be a verb that means to move together as one, like a swarm of bees.
Hives is a condition in which patches of your skin become red and very uncomfortable and itchy.
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. 1. To enter and occupy a beehive. 2.
a structure where bees live, either built by people or made by the bees themselves : Bees naturally attack anything entering their hives. Alina555/E+/GettyImages. [ + sing/pl verb, C ] a group of bees living together in a hive: The varroa mite is a tiny insect that infects bees and eventually kills whole hives. Fewer examples.
Definition of hive noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Origin unknown. hive meaning, definition, what is hive: a small box where bees are kept, or the ...: Learn more.
HIVE meaning: 1. a special container where people keep bees 2. a place where people are busy and working hard. Learn more.
