hive

hive

H0222600 (hīv)n.1. a. A structure for housing domesticated honeybees.b. A nest built by wild or feral bees.c. A colony of bees living in such a structure or nest.2. A place swarming with activity.v. hived, hiv·ing, hives v.tr.1. To collect into a hive.2. To store (honey) in a hive.3. To store up; accumulate.v.intr.1. To enter and occupy a beehive.2. To live with many others in close association.Phrasal Verb: hive off To set apart from a group: hived off the department into another division.

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[Middle English, from Old English hȳf.]

hive

(haɪv) n1. (Zoology) a structure in which social bees live and rear their young2. (Zoology) a colony of social bees3. a place showing signs of great industry (esp in the phrase a hive of activity)4. a teeming crowd; multitude5. an object in the form of a hivevb6. (Zoology) to cause (bees) to collect or (of bees) to collect inside a hive7. to live or cause to live in or as if in a hive8. (Zoology) (tr) (of bees) to store (honey, pollen, etc) in the hive9. (tr; often foll by up or away) to store, esp for future use: he used to hive away a small sum every week. [Old English hӯf; related to Westphalian hüwe, Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa barrel, Greek kupē, Sanskrit kūpa cave] ˈhiveˌlike adj

hive

(haɪv)

n., v. hived, hiv•ing. n. 1. a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive. 2. the colony of bees inhabiting a hive. 3. something resembling a beehive in structure or use. 4. a place swarming with busy occupants: a hive of industry. 5. a swarming or teeming multitude. v.t. 6. to gather into or cause to enter a hive. 7. to store up in a hive. 8. to store or lay away for future use or enjoyment. v.i. 9. (of bees) to enter a hive. 10. to live together in or as if in a hive. 11. hive off, to separate or remove from a group. [before 900; Middle English; Old English hȳf; akin to Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa vat]

hive

(hīv)1. A structure for housing bees, especially honeybees.2. A colony of bees living in such a structure.

Hive

 a beehive; an extremely busy place.Examples: hive of bees, 1583; of Roman liars, 1864; of mankind, 1839; of oysters, 1882.

hive

Past participle: hived
Gerund: hiving

Imperative
hive
hive

Present
I hive
you hive
he/she/it hives
we hive
you hive
they hive

Preterite
I hived
you hived
he/she/it hived
we hived
you hived
they hived

Present Continuous
I am hiving
you are hiving
he/she/it is hiving
we are hiving
you are hiving
they are hiving

Present Perfect
I have hived
you have hived
he/she/it has hived
we have hived
you have hived
they have hived

Past Continuous
I was hiving
you were hiving
he/she/it was hiving
we were hiving
you were hiving
they were hiving

Past Perfect
I had hived
you had hived
he/she/it had hived
we had hived
you had hived
they had hived

Future
I will hive
you will hive
he/she/it will hive
we will hive
you will hive
they will hive

Future Perfect
I will have hived
you will have hived
he/she/it will have hived
we will have hived
you will have hived
they will have hived

Future Continuous
I will be hiving
you will be hiving
he/she/it will be hiving
we will be hiving
you will be hiving
they will be hiving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hiving
you have been hiving
he/she/it has been hiving
we have been hiving
you have been hiving
they have been hiving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hiving
you will have been hiving
he/she/it will have been hiving
we will have been hiving
you will have been hiving
they will have been hiving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hiving
you had been hiving
he/she/it had been hiving
we had been hiving
you had been hiving
they had been hiving

Conditional
I would hive
you would hive
he/she/it would hive
we would hive
you would hive
they would hive

Past Conditional
I would have hived
you would have hived
he/she/it would have hived
we would have hived
you would have hived
they would have hived

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hive - a teeming multitudeconcourse, throng, multitude - a large gathering of people
	2.	hive - a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of beesbeehiveapiary, bee house - a shed containing a number of beehivesreceptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things inskep - a domed beehive made of twisted straw
	3.	hive - a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow treebeehivehoneycomb - a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvaenest - a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
Verb	1.	hive - store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"salt away, stack away, stash away, store, hive away, lay in, put in - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"salt away, stack away, stash away, store, hive away, lay in, put in - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"cache, hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash - save up as for future use
	2.	hive - move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving"foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
	3.	hive - gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

hive

noun1. colony, swarm the dance performed by honeybees as they returned to the hive2. centre, hub, powerhouse (slang) In the morning the house was a hive of activity.

hive

verbTo bring together so as to increase in mass or number:accrue, accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, collect, cumulate, garner, gather, pile up, roll up.

Translations

蜂群

hive

(haiv) noun1. a box etc where bees live and store up honey. He's building a hive so that he can keep bees. 蜂巢 蜂箱2. the bees that live in such a place. The whole hive flew after the queen bee. 蜂群 蜂群