'Hive' definitions:
Definition of 'hive'
From: WordNet
noun
A teeming multitude
noun
A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees [syn: beehive, hive]
noun
A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree [syn: beehive, hive]
verb
Store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"
verb
Move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving"
verb
Gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"
Definition of 'Hive'
From: GCIDE
- Hive \Hive\, n. [OE. hive, huve, AS. h?fe.]
- 1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. [1913 Webster]
- The hive of Roman liars. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Hive bee (Zool.), the honeybee. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hive'
From: GCIDE
- Hive \Hive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hived; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiving.]
- 1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store. [1913 Webster]
- Hiving wisdom with each studious year. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hive'
From: GCIDE
- Hive \Hive\, v. i. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a mass of,
- a world of,
- aerie,
- amass,
- anchor,
- apiary,
- army,
- assemble,
- bee tree,
- beehive,
- bevy,
- billet at,
- bivouac,
- bunch,
- bunch up,
- burrow,
- camp,
- center of manufacture,
- charm,
- clot,
- cloud,
- cluster,
- clutter,
- collect,
- colonize,
- come to anchor,
- come together,
- congregate,
- converge,
- copulate,
- couple,
- covey,
- crowd,
- cumulate,
- date,
- domesticate,
- drop anchor,
- ensconce,
- establish residence,
- eyrie,
- flight,
- flock,
- flock together,
- flocks,
- flow together,
- forgather,
- fuse,
- gaggle,
- gang around,
- gang up,
- garner,
- gather,
- gather around,
- hail,
- herd together,
- hive of industry,
- horde,
- host,
- hub of industry,
- huddle,
- inhabit,
- jam,
- keep house,
- large amount,
- lay up,
- league,
- legion,
- link,
- live at,
- locate,
- lots,
- manufacturing town,
- many,
- mass,
- masses of,
- meet,
- merge,
- mill,
- mob,
- moor,
- move,
- muchness,
- multitude,
- murmuration,
- muster,
- nest,
- nidus,
- numbers,
- pack,
- park,
- people,
- perch,
- plague,
- plurality,
- populate,
- quantities,
- quite a few,
- rally,
- rally around,
- relocate,
- rendezvous,
- reside,
- roll up,
- roost,
- rout,
- ruck,
- scores,
- seethe,
- set up housekeeping,
- set up shop,
- settle,
- settle down,
- shoal,
- sit down,
- skein,
- spring,
- squat,
- stand,
- stay at,
- stockpile,
- store up,
- stream,
- strike root,
- surge,
- swarm,
- take residence at,
- take root,
- take up residence,
- throng,
- tidy sum,
- unite,
- vespiary,
- watch,
- worlds of