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hive
(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.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To enter and occupy a beehive.
2. To live with many others in close association.
hive off
To set apart from a group: hived off the department into another division.
[Middle English, from Old English hȳf.]
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hive
(haɪv)n
1. (Zoology) a structure in which social bees live and rear their young
2. (Zoology) a colony of social bees
3. a place showing signs of great industry (esp in the phrase a hive of activity)
4. a teeming crowd; multitude
5. an object in the form of a hive
vb
6. (Zoology) to cause (bees) to collect or (of bees) to collect inside a hive
7. to live or cause to live in or as if in a hive
8. (Zoology) (tr) (of bees) to store (honey, pollen, etc) in the hive
9. (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
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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]
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hive
(hīv)1. A structure for housing bees, especially honeybees.
2. A colony of bees living in such a structure.
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Hive
a beehive; an extremely busy place.Examples: hive of bees, 1583; of Roman liars, 1864; of mankind, 1839; of oysters, 1882.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
hive
Past participle: hived
Gerund: hiving
| Imperative |
|---|
| hive |
| hive |
| Present |
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| 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 |
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2. [画像:hive - a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees]hive - a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in
skep - a domed beehive made of twisted straw
3. [画像:hive - a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees]hive - a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
honeycomb - a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
nest - 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"
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"
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hive
noun
2. centre, hub, powerhouse (slang) In the morning the house was a hive of activity.
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hive
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
ثَوْل: جماعة النَّحِلخَلِيَّة نَحْل
rojúl
bikubebiflok
kaptárkas
bÿflugnabúbÿflugnabú, bÿflugur
spietsstrops
úľ
čebelnjakpanj
arı kovanıkovan
hive
[haɪv] N → colmena fa hive of activity (fig) → un hervidero de actividad
a hive of industry → un lugar donde se trabaja muchísimo
hive off
A. VT + ADV
1. (Fin) (= sell off) → vender (por separado)
2. (= privatize) → privatizar
B. VI + ADV (= split from) → desligarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hive
n
(= beehive) → Bienenkorb m, → Bienenstock m; (= bees in a hive) → (Bienen)schwarm m, → (Bienen)volk nt
(fig) to be a hive of industry → das reinste Bienenhaus sein; the office was a hive of activity → das Büro glich einem Bienenhaus
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
hive
[haɪv] n → alveare m; (bees collectively) → sciame mthe shop was a hive of activity (fig) → c'era una grande attività nel negozio
hive off
1. vi + adv to hive off (from) → staccarsi (da)
2. vt + adv → staccare ; (privatize) → privatizzare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hive
(haiv) noun1. a box etc where bees live and store up honey. He's building a hive so that he can keep bees. byekorf خَلِيَّة نَحْل кошер colmeia úl der Bienenkorb bikube κυψέλη colmena mesipuu كندو mehiläispesä ruche כוורת मधु मक्खियों का छत्ता košnica kaptár sarang lebah bÿflugnabú arnia, alveare 蜜蜂の巣箱 벌통 avilys (bišu) strops sarang lebah bijenkorf bikube ul کندو colmeia stup улей úľ panj košnica bikupa รังผึ้ง arı kovanı 蜂巢 вулик شہد کی مکھیوں کا چھتا tổ ong 蜂箱
2. the bees that live in such a place. The whole hive flew after the queen bee. byeswerm ثَوْل: جماعة النَّحِل рой colmeia roj der Bienenschwarm biflok μελίσσι colmena mesilaspere زنبورهايي كه در كندو زندگي مي كنند mehiläisparvi essaim דְבוֹרִים इस तरह की जगह पर रहने वाली मधु मक्खियां roj (méh)kas kawanan lebah bÿflugnabú, bÿflugur sciame 蜜蜂の群れ (벌집 통의) 꿀벌떼 spiečius (bišu) spiets sekawan lebah bijenzwerm bisverm rój هغه غمبسی چی په کندو کی ژوند کوی colmeia roi рой roj panj roj bisamhälle ฝูงผึ้ง kovandaki arılar 蜂群 рій бджіл چھتے میں رہنے والی مکھیاں đàn ong 蜂群
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