hive
noun
\ ˈhīv
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Definition of hive
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: a container for housing honeybees
b
: the usually aboveground nest of bees
2
: a colony of bees
3
: a place swarming with activity
hive
verb
hived;
hiving
Definition of hive (Entry 2 of 2)
1
of bees
: to enter and take possession of a hive
2
: to reside in close association
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Other Words from hive
Noun
hiveless
\ ˈhīv-ləs
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of hive in a Sentence
Noun
The house was a hive of activity as we prepared for the party.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
And for the last several years, that hive-mind has held a nearly $1 billion plan to build new prisons at the furthest possible distance. — al, "Alabama prisons: What we don’t see is what we’ll get — and pay for," 5 Sep. 2019 Though broad movements are largely coordinated through messaging apps, the street fighting seems to be the brainchild of a collective hive-mind. — Matt Bradley, NBC News, "As Hong Kong protests turn violent, one man fights to preserve middle ground," 24 Aug. 2019 Swarms have appeared to become more frequent in the Big Apple after the city council voted in 2010 to legalize beekeeping, bringing and an influx of keepers and hives to New York. — Fox News, "NYPD beekeeper removes 25,000 honeybees from Staten Island Ferry," 6 Aug. 2019 For the next five decades, Rosenbergs’s National Institutes of Health laboratory (and that of Philip Greenberg’s at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle) would serve as a sort of hive and haven for immunotherapy talent. — Charles Graeber, WIRED, "How Scientists Built a ‘Living Drug’ to Beat Cancer," 25 July 2019 The condition, which Soompi reported is known as cholinergic urticaria, causes itchy hives that are caused by a raise in body temperature. — Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue, "What Is Cholinergic Urticaria? Find Out About the Skin Condition BTS Member V Has," 15 July 2019 Would the soccer team be this disrespected if the USWNT had a navy such as Rihanna’s or hive such as Beyoncé’s? — Lz Granderson, latimes.com, "Women could help women in sports by showing up to watch," 29 June 2019 Bill Tomaszewski, Debra's husband and PlanetBee's co-founder, said bee swarms are a sign that hives are healthy. — Scottie Andrew, CNN, "Seven simple things you can do to save the bees on National Honeybee Day," 17 Aug. 2019 Several times a day, we — the people traveling in my car — pooled into a mind-hive collective to figure out the answer to a bit of trivia that had popped up: Who was that actor in that movie? — Los Angeles Times, "On Canada’s Via Rail, a return to the older — and let’s be honest, better — way of traveling," 17 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Several ministers have expressed worry that an insurance policy—or backstop—could come at the possible cost of hiving Northern Ireland off from U.K. rules and regulations. — Laurence Norman, WSJ, "May Seeks Backing for Draft Brexit Deal From Doubtful Allies," 13 Nov. 2018 The Whole Foods hives join a small but growing effort trying to help in urban Boise, such as the apiary on the BSU campus and the hives at the Boise Urban Garden School. — Kevin Davenport, idahostatesman, "Why are these 250,000 bees hanging out on this sweet Downtown Boise rooftop?," 11 July 2018 Urban donates the honey from the Let's Grown Akron hives to sell at the farmers market to support the organization and provide a healthy sugar alternative. — Megan Becka, cleveland.com, "Urban Honey Bee thrives thanks to Akron business partnerships," 2 Apr. 2018 Instead what is most often advocated is hiving off as much political life as possible from the influence of ignorant voters and giving it to experts instead. — Sheri Berman, Washington Post, "Some argue that the West should limit democracy to save liberalism. Here’s why they’re wrong.," 18 July 2017 Southern drug store chain Fred’s, which had stood to gain national scale by buying the stores that Walgreens was hiving off to satisfy possible antitrust concerns, also fell 22%. — Alan Murray, Fortune, "CEO Daily: Friday, 30th June," 30 June 2017 Starboard Value LP took a stake and called on Macy’s to hive off its valuable real estate, which the activist investor says is worth more than $20 billion. — Dow Jones News Service, Twin Cities, "Saks owner Hudson’s Bay makes takeover approach to Macy’s," 3 Feb. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for hive
hive
noun
English Language Learners Definition of hive
: a nest for bees
: the bees living in a hive
: a place filled with busy activity
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hive
noun
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Kids Definition of hive
1
: a container for housing honeybees
2
: the usually aboveground nest of bees
3
: a colony of bees
4
: a place filled with busy people
hive
noun
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Medical Definition of hive
: the raised edematous red patch of skin or mucous membrane characteristic of hives : an urticarial wheal
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