Hive

Definition of Hive

n.1.A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
2.The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
3.A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
The hive of Roman liars.
- Tennyson.
Hive bee
(Zool.) the honeybee.
v. t.1.To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
[imp. & p. p. Hived ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiving.]
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.
v. i.1.To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.

Related Words

a mass of, a world of, aerie, amass, anchor, apiary, army, assemble, bee tree, beehive, bevy, billet at, bivouac, bunch, bunch up, burrow, camp, center of manufacture, charm, clot, cloud, cluster, clutter, collect, colonize, come to anchor, come together, congregate, converge, copulate, couple, covey, crowd, cumulate, date, domesticate, drop anchor, ensconce, establish residence, eyrie, flight, flock, flock together, flocks, flow together, forgather, fuse, gaggle, gang around, gang up, garner, gather, gather around, hail, herd together, hive of industry, horde, host, hub of industry, huddle, inhabit, jam, keep house, large amount, lay up, league, legion, link, live at, locate, lots, manufacturing town, many, mass, masses of, meet, merge, mill, mob, moor, move, muchness, multitude, murmuration, muster, nest, nidus, numbers, pack, park, people, perch, plague, plurality, populate, quantities, quite a few, rally, rally around, relocate, rendezvous, reside, roll up, roost, rout, ruck, scores, seethe, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, shoal, sit down, skein, spring, squat, stand, stay at, stockpile, store up, stream, strike root, surge, swarm, take residence at, take root, take up residence, throng, tidy sum, unite, vespiary, watch, worlds of
Word:

Browse

hit the jackpot
hit-or-miss
Hit.
Hitch
Hitchel
hitchhike
hitchhiker
Hithe
Hither
Hither and thither
Hithermost
Hitherto
Hitherward
Hitlerian
hitless
Hitter
hitting
Hittite
Hittorf rays
Hittorf tube
-Hive-
Hive bee
Hiveless
Hiver
Hives
Hizz
HMO
HN
Ho
hoactzin
hoagie
Hoar
Hoard
Hoarder
Hoarding
Hoared
Hoarfrost
Hoarhound
Hoariness
Hoarse
Hoarsely
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

© 2014 Webster-dictionary.net | Dictionary Home | Privacy Policy