Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To collect (bees) into a hive.

    to hive a swarm of bees

    gather into a hive

  2. (transitive)To store (something other than bees) in, or as if in, a hive.

    store, like bees

  3. (intransitive)To form a hive-like entity.

More meanings 2

  1. (intransitive)To take lodging or shelter together; to reside in a collective body.

  2. Of insects: to enter or possess a hive.

Origin

From Middle English hyve, from Old English hȳf, from Proto-West Germanic *hūfi, from Proto

From Middle English hyve, from Old English hȳf, from Proto-West Germanic *hūfi, from Proto-Indo-European *kuHp- (“water vessel”), from *kew- (“to bend, curve”).

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Forms

hives, hiving, hived, hived

regular · Lesson

Base formhive · to hive
3rd person singularhives
Present participlehiving
Past simplehived
Past participlehived

Tenses

hive · hived · will hive · have hived

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhive
he, she, ithives

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hived
he, she, ithas hived

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hive

Past simpleLesson

all personshived

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Derivedhive off

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hithertoC2hitmanhitterhmmhoard

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