Hive
[haɪv]
Definition
(noun.) a teeming multitude.
(verb.) gather into a hive; 'The beekeeper hived the swarm'.
(verb.) move together in a hive or as if in a hive; 'The bee swarms are hiving'.
(verb.) store, like bees; 'bees hive honey and pollen'; 'He hived lots of information'.
Typed by Erica--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
(n.) The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
(n.) A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
(v. t.) To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
(v. t.) To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
(v. i.) To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
Typed by Corinne
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Habitation of bees, bee-hive, apiary.[2]. Swarm of bees.
v. a. [1]. Put into a hive.[2]. Store, collect, gather, HOARD.
Typist: Naomi
Definition
n. a place where bees live and store up honey whether artificial or natural: a swarm of bees in a box or basket: any busy company.—v.t. to collect into a hive: to lay up in store.—v.i. to take shelter together: to reside in a body.—ns. Hive′-bee the common honey-bee; Hiv′er; Hive′-nest a large nest built and occupied by several pairs of birds in common.
Typist: Silvia
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that your child is affected with hives, denotes that it will enjoy good health and be docile. To see strange children thus affected, you will be unduly frightened over the condition of some favorite.
Edited by Jessica
Examples
- He makes love to Myrtis, and is discovered by the enraged queen, who orders her bees to drive him forth from the hive. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I have attempted to show how much light the principle of gradation throws on the admirable architectural powers of the hive-bee. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I am not clear, Mr Boffin, but that the hive may be satirical. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In the farm yard appear the improved carriage and wagon, the well pump, the wind wheel, the fruit drier, the bee hive, and the cotton and cider press. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Lord Raymond was never born to be a drone in the hive, and to find content in our pastoral life. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Closely allied to the dairy appliances are the incubator and the bee hive, both of which have claimed a large share of attention, and for which many patents have been granted. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I then put into the hive, instead of a thick, rectangular piece of wax, a thin and narrow, knife-edged ridge, coloured with vermilion. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- They swarmed out of mud bee-hives; out of hovels of the dry-goods box pattern; out of gaping caves under shelving rocks; out of crevices in the earth. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- An hum, like that of ten thousand hives of swarming bees, stunned us as we entered the coffee-room. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Margaret and Mr. Lennox strolled along the little terrace-walk under the south wall, where the bees still hummed and worked busily in their hives. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Typed by Alphonse