hive

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a structure where bees live, especially one made or kept by people

   The beekeeper opened the hive to inspect the bees.

2. 2
   noun

   a very busy place full of activity

   The market was a hive of noise and movement.

3. 3
   verb

   to gather, store, or shelter in a hive

   The beekeeper hived the new swarm before nightfall.

Common collocations

• hive off Verb + adverb

From Old English hyf, probably from a Germanic word for a curved container or shelter. The bee sense is literal; the figurative sense compares dense human activity to bees in a hive.

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