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As a noun, hive means a structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees. As a verb, it means collect (bees) into a hive.

Meanings of hive

13 meanings

noun

  1. A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.

  2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.

  3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.

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  5. A teeming multitude

  6. A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

    Similar: beehive
  7. A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

    Similar: beehive

verb

  1. To collect (bees) into a hive.

    “to hive a swarm of bees”

  2. To store (something other than bees) in, or as if in, a hive.

  3. To form a hive-like entity.

  4. To take lodging or shelter together; to reside in a collective body.

  5. (entomology) Of insects: to enter or possess a hive.

  6. Move together in a hive or as if in a hive

    “The bee swarms are hiving”

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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noun: a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
noun: a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; …

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