hive
1 of 2noun
ˈhīv 
1
a
: a container for housing honeybees
b
: the usually aboveground nest of bees
2
: a colony of bees
3
: a place swarming with activity
hiveless
ˈhīv-ləs
adjective hive
2 of 2verb
hived; hiving
intransitive verb
1
of bees : to enter and take possession of a hive
2
: to reside in close association
transitive verb
1
: to collect into a hive
2
: to store up in or as if in a hive
Example Sentences
Noun The house was a hive of activity as we prepared for the party.
Recent Examples on the Web
Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 1 Aug. 2022 In the center of Hall’s busy hive of relationships here is her mother, Barbara McGuire Gordon — Bee to her friends and family. Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022 Honeybees gather in the hive and then go out into the world to pollinate. Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2022 Pest control advisers use the tool to determine if a hive is within a mile of a site that may use pesticides, potentially putting them at risk of colony collapse. Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 9 June 2022 Beekeepers typically view anything other than honeybees in the hive as a threat. Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022 Nights were felt as a stream of departures in the hive. Deborah Landau, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2021 The hive was located under the house nextto Chris' mother-in-law's house. Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2022 The job is finished when the hive is burned the next day. New York Times, 30 June 2022 See More
Noun
My fave part about being in the hive is the community within. Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 1 Aug. 2022 In the center of Hall’s busy hive of relationships here is her mother, Barbara McGuire Gordon — Bee to her friends and family. Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022 Honeybees gather in the hive and then go out into the world to pollinate. Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2022 Pest control advisers use the tool to determine if a hive is within a mile of a site that may use pesticides, potentially putting them at risk of colony collapse. Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 9 June 2022 Beekeepers typically view anything other than honeybees in the hive as a threat. Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022 Nights were felt as a stream of departures in the hive. Deborah Landau, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2021 The hive was located under the house nextto Chris' mother-in-law's house. Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2022 The job is finished when the hive is burned the next day. New York Times, 30 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English hȳf; perhaps akin to Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa tub, Sanskrit kūpa cave
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Phrases Containing hive
Kids Definition
hive
noun
ˈhīv
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
Medical Definition
hive
noun
ˈhīv
: the raised edematous red patch of skin or mucous membrane characteristic of hives : an urticarial wheal
hiving
verb
as in swarming
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- swarming
- flocking
- packing
- herding
- thronging
- pooling
- merging
- combining
- banding
- connecting
- rallying
- stacking
- piling
- uniting
- organizing
- mustering
- pressing
- compiling
- joining
- brigading
- linking
- raising
- balling
- archiving
- arranging
- collating
- systematizing
- clustering
- grouping
- assembling
- batching
- congregating
- heaping
- collecting
- amassing
- huddling
- accumulating
- regrouping
- lumping
- constellating
- bunching
- concentrating
- gathering
- garnering
- corralling
- rounding up
- scraping (up or together)
- re-collecting
- regathering
- picking up
- bulking (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dispersing
- scattering
- separating
- dissolving
- dissipating
- sending
- disintegrating
- severing
- dispelling
- dismissing
- splitting (up)
- breaking up
- disbanding
- stay mum
- stay of execution
- stay off
- stay on
- stay on her boss's good side
- stay one jump ahead
- stay out
- stay out of
- stay out of (something)
- stay out of someone's way
- stay out of something
- stay out of the way
- stay out of trouble
- stay over
- stay pin
- stay put
- stay tackle
- stay tap
- stay the course
- stay the night
- stay tube
- stay tuned
- stay up
- stay with
- stay woke