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Definition of "hive" []
- A structure for housing bees, especially honeybees. (noun)
- A colony of bees living in such a structure. (noun)
- A place swarming with activity. (noun)
- To collect into a hive. (verb-transitive)
- To store (honey) in a hive. (verb-transitive)
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Use "hive" in a sentence
- "I. iii.81 (29,2) When that the general is not like the hive] The meaning is, _When the general is not_ to the army _like the hive_ to the bees, the repository of the stock of every individual, that to which each particular resorts with whatever be has collected for the good of the whole, _what honey is expected_? what hope of advantage?"
- "Why they are the owners of SinglesNet, the #1 dating site. the hive is a bunch of developers around the world, their website is full of trippy graphics and references to PHP, databases, clustering and all sorts of geekdom."
- "Eggs and larva are present, and the hive is filled with honey."