Hive - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |haɪv|  American pronunciation of the word hive
Brit.  |haɪv|  British pronunciation of the word hive

noun

- a teeming multitude
- a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees (syn: beehive)
- a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree (syn: beehive)

verb

- store, like bees
bees hive honey and pollen
He hived lots of information
- move together in a hive or as if in a hive
- gather into a hive
The beekeeper hived the swarm

Extra examples

The house was a hive of activity as we prepared for the party.

It pleased him to hive up an enormous mass of information.

We were forced to hive together with our enemies.

He hived lots of information

The beekeeper hived the swarm

Bees hovered around the hive.

This marketplace was once a hive of activity.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: hive
he/she/it: hives
present participle: hiving
past tense: hived
past participle: hived
noun
singular: hive
plural: hives
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