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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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} (Zo["o]l.), the honeybee.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hive \Hive\, v. i.
To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a
collective body. --Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hive
n 1: a teeming multitude
2: a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees [syn: {beehive}]
3: a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree [syn: {beehive}]
v : store honey or pollen, as of bees
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