hive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a teeming multitude
  2. noun a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
    beehive.
  3. noun a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
    beehive.
  4. verb store, like bees
    • bees hive honey and pollen
    • He hived lots of information
  5. verb move together in a hive or as if in a hive
    • The bee swarms are hiving
  6. verb gather into a hive
    • The beekeeper hived the swarm

WordNet

Hive noun
Etymology
OE. hive, huve, AS. hfe.
Definitions
  1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. Dryden.
  2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. Shak.
  3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
    The hive of Roman liars. Tennyson.
Hive transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hived ; present participle & verbal noun Hiving
Definitions
  1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
  2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
    Hiving wisdom with each studious year. Byron.
Hive intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope.

Webster 1913