Hive (?), n. [OE. hive, huve, AS. hfe.]
1.
A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
Dryden.
2.
The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
Shak.
3.
A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
The hive of Roman liars.
Tennyson.
Hive bee Zool., the honeybee.
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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.
2.
To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
Hiving wisdom with each studious year.
Byron.
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Hive, v. i.
To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
Pope.
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