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4 definitions found 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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