HIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hive mean? 

• HIVE (noun)
  The noun HIVE has 3 senses:

1. a teeming multitude

2. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

3. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

  Familiarity information: HIVE used as a noun is uncommon.

• HIVE (verb)
  The verb HIVE has 3 senses:

1. store, like bees

2. move together in a hive or as if in a hive

3. gather into a hive

  Familiarity information: HIVE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A teeming multitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("hive" is a kind of...):

concourse; multitude; throng (a large gathering of people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

beehive; hive

Hypernyms ("hive" is a kind of...):

receptacle (a container that is used to put or keep things in)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hive"):

skep (a domed beehive made of twisted straw)

Holonyms ("hive" is a part of...):

apiary; bee house (a shed containing a number of beehives)

Derivation:

hive (store, like bees)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

beehive; hive

Hypernyms ("hive" is a kind of...):

nest (a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young)

Meronyms (parts of "hive"):

honeycomb (a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae)

• HIVE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hive    ... he / she / it hives   
Past simple: hived   
Past participle: hived   
-ing form: hiving   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Store, like bees

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

He hived lots of information

Hypernyms (to "hive" is one way to...):

hive away; lay in; put in; salt away; stack away; stash away; store (keep or lay aside for future use)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Also:

hive away (keep or lay aside for future use)

hive up (save up as for future use)

Derivation:

hive (a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move together in a hive or as if in a hive

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The bee swarms are hiving

Hypernyms (to "hive" is one way to...):

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Gather into a hive

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The beekeeper hived the swarm

Hypernyms (to "hive" is one way to...):

collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Hives are caused by a reaction to certain foods, drugs, infections, or emotional stress.

(Hives, NCI Dictionary)

You're all bees without stings, so far as lookin' after the hive goes.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

People who have other allergies are more likely to get hives than other people.

(Hives, NIH)

However, if you itch all over, have hives that keep coming back or have itching without an apparent cause, you might require medical attention.

(Itching, NIH)

The phenethyl alcohol ester of caffeic acid and a bioactive component of honeybee hive propolis, with antineoplastic, cytoprotective and immunomodulating activities.

(Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester, NCI Thesaurus)

Skin reactions, such as hives and rashes, are the most common type.

(Drug Reactions, NIH)

The forecastle was like an angry hive of bees aroused by some marauder.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Researchers have discovered that honey bees are able to share immunity with other bees and to their offspring in a hive by transmitting RNA ‘vaccines’ through royal jelly and worker jelly.

(Discovery of RNA transfer through royal jelly could aid development of honey bee vaccines, University of Cambridge)

Symptoms can range from upset stomach and diarrhea, to hives and itching, to tightening of the throat and trouble breathing.

(Peanut Consumption in Infancy Lowers Peanut Allergy, NIH)

As to the Admiralty—it is buzzing like an overturned bee-hive.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)