hive

1 a teeming multitude

2 a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees [syn: beehive]

3 a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree [syn: beehive]

1 store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"

2 move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving"

3 gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"

English

Pronunciation

• /haɪv/

  Rhymes: -aɪv

Noun

1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.

Derived terms

• beehive
• hivemind

Translations

Hive may refer to:

In science

• Beehive, a colony of bees or the shelter built for or by the bees
• Hives, non-medical popular language name for Urticaria, a common form of allergic reaction
• Hives, the highest level of organization in the Windows Registry

In the arts

• Hive mind, one of several forms of collective consciousness
• The Hives, a rock band
• Hive (record producer), a producer in the drum and bass music genre
• Hive (game) is an abstract-strategy board game published in 2001
• Hive Records, a record label
• H.I.V.E., a DC Comics villain organization

In business

• HIVE (ISP), an ISP in Iceland, founded in 2004
• HIVE is a game programming library

Places

• Hive, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Other

• Vestfold University College (Høgskolen i Vestfold, HiVe), a Norwegian university college

See also

• The Hive

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