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hive
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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 meaningsnoun
A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.
The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
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A teeming multitude
A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
Similar: beehiveA structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
Similar: beehive
verb
To collect (bees) into a hive.
“to hive a swarm of bees”
To store (something other than bees) in, or as if in, a hive.
To form a hive-like entity.
To take lodging or shelter together; to reside in a collective body.
(entomology) Of insects: to enter or possess a hive.
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).