A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. Dryden.
The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. Shak.
A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. The hive of Roman liars. Tennyson. Hive bee (Zoöl.), the honeybee.
To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
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.
To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope.
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