Meaning

8 senses
  1. A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live.

    Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.

  2. A man-made structure in which honey bees are kept so that humans can harvest their honey.

    Bienenstock, Bienenkorb, Bienenstaat

    у́лейúlej, у́лейúlej

    ву́ликvúlyk, ву́лійvúlij, у́ликúlyk

    a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

  3. (figuratively)Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.

    any workplace where people are very busy

  4. A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.

    Beehive-Frisur, B-52-Frisur

    бабе́ттаbabétta

  5. A particular style of hat.

  6. A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.

  7. In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.

  8. A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.

Examples

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  1. Stay away from the beehive.

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  2. Ziri has beehives in the garden.

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  3. The place is a beehive of activity.

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  4. There was a beehive on the tree.

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  5. Inside the beehive, it smelled like honey.

    ruВнутри улья пахло мёдом.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
home of bees:
Русский
By meaning 2
man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey:
hairstyle:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey:
home of bees:
hairstyle:

Origin

From Middle English beehyve, equivalent to bee + hive.

From Middle English beehyve, equivalent to bee + hive.

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Forms

plural: beehives

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees:hive
  • a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree:hive

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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