hives /hīvz/

A popular term for nettle rash and similar diseases or for laryngitis

hive /hīv/

1. A box or basket in which bees live and store up honey
2. A colony of bees
3. A scene of great industry
4. A teeming multitude or breeding-place
5. A hat of plaited straw shaped like an old beehive (obsolete)

1. To collect into a hive
2. To lay up in store (often with away or up)

1. (of bees) to enter or take possession of a hive
2. To take shelter together
3. To reside in a body

hiveˈless adjective

hiveˈlike adjective

hīvˈer noun

Someone who hives

hiveˈward adjective and adverb

hiveˈwards adverb

hive bee noun

The common honey-producing bee, Apis mellifica

hiveˈ-honey noun

hiveˈ-nest noun

A large nest built and occupied by several pairs of birds in common

hive off

1. To withdraw as if in a swarm
2. To assign (work) to a subsidiary company
3. To divert (assets or sections of an industrial concern) to other concerns (hiveˈ-off noun)

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