HIVE
\hˈa͡ɪv], \hˈaɪv], \h_ˈaɪ_v]\
Definitions of HIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
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store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"
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gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"
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move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving"
By Princeton University
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a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
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store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"
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gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"
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move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
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The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
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A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
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To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
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To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
By Oddity Software
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A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
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The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
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A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
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To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
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To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
By Noah Webster.
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A box or house for bees; a swarm of bees living in such a box; a busy group or society.
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To gather or put into a hive; harbor.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A swarm of bees in a box or basket: the habitation of bees: any busy company.
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To collect into a hive. to lay up in store.
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To take shelter together: to reside in a body.
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HIVER.
By Daniel Lyons
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To take shelter together: to reside in a body.
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A receptacle for bees; a swarm of bees inhabiting a hive; a company or society.
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To collect into a hive; to store up.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To cause to enter a hive; store, as honey; enter or dwell in a hive.
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A structure in which bees may dwell; also, a colony of bees; a busy place.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A kind of box or basket in which the domestic bees store their honey; a swarm of bees; any company of persons numerous and industrious.
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To collect into a hive; to take shelter together.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A box or chest for the reception of a swarm of honey-bees;— a swarm of bees;— a company.
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The habitation or cell of bees; the bees inhabiting a hive.
By Thomas Sheridan
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