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Synonyms
hive (hīv)

[Middle English, from Old English hȳf.]

noun 

    1. A structure for housing bees, especially honeybees.
    2. A colony of bees living in such a structure.
  2. A place swarming with activity.

verb: hived, hiv·ing, hives. 

transitive verb 

  1. To collect into a hive.
  2. To store (honey) in a hive.
  3. To store up; accumulate.

intransitive verb 

  1. To enter and occupy a beehive.
  2. To live with many others in close association.

phrasal verbs

hive off
To set apart from a group: hived off the department into another division.