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Hive   /haɪv/   Listen
Hive

noun
1.
A teeming multitude.
2.
A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees.  Synonym: beehive.
3.
A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree.  Synonym: beehive.
verb
(past & past part. hived; pres. part. hiving)
1.
Store, like bees.  "He hived lots of information"
2.
Move together in a hive or as if in a hive.
3.
Gather into a hive.



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"Hive" Quotes from Famous Books



... I wanted to pitch it in hot. And I wished to have as many influential witnesses present as possible. Well, as it drew towards the day I had nothing but refusals. Everybody supposed it was to be a political occasion, that I had made a hive of rebels up here, and was going to push ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... and brandished her arms, dripping with soapsuds, and fired away from her window as from the embrasure of a fortress; while the screams of children nestled and cradled in every procreant chamber of this hive, waking with the noise, set up their shrill pipes to swell the general concert." [Footnote: ...
— Oliver Goldsmith • Washington Irving
... morning's come, And feel the air and light alive With strange sweet music like the hum Of bees about their busy hive. ...
— The Posy Ring - A Book of Verse for Children • Various
... have been indeed a very sweet and odorous and peaceful hour. The murmur of the water from the fountain had the lulling sound of a hive of bees as they settle to rest, and to the suffering man it seemed impossible that this, his cherished world, could change to the black chaos which the loss of his adorable wife would bring ...
— Money Magic - A Novel • Hamlin Garland
... and blinked very fast while she watched the plane go circling up and up, the motor droning its monotonous song like a hive of honey bees at work. It was pure madness for Johnny to attempt flying so soon again. He would be killed; anything could happen that was terrible. She shut her eyes for a minute, trying to rout a swift vision of Johnny crumpled down ...
— Skyrider • B. M. Bower


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