- (v.t.) To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
- (n.) A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
- (v.i.) To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
- (n.) The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
- (n.) A box, basket or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
- (v.t.) To collect into a hive; to place in or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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