hiving

Variant of hive

hive definition

hive (hīv)

noun

  1. a box or other shelter for a colony of domestic bees; beehive
  2. a colony of bees living in a hive; swarm
  3. a crowd of busy, very active people
  4. a place where many people are busy or actively engaged

Etymology: ME hyfe < OE, akin to ON hūfr, ship's hull < IE *keup- (< base *keu-, to bend, curve) > L cupa, a tub

transitive verb hived, hiving hiv′·ing

  1. to put or gather (bees) into a hive
  2. to store up (honey) in a hive
  3. to store up for future use; garner

intransitive verb

  1. to enter a hive
  2. to live together in or as in a hive
hive Idioms

hive off

  1. to depart from a group
  2. to separate from the whole hived off the first graders to another playground

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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