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hive

US/haɪv/ fairly common
noun (3) verb (3)

noun

1.
2.

a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

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3.

a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

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verb

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”

Origin

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”). See also Dutch huif (“beehive”), Danish dialect huv (“ship’s hull”); also Latin cūpa (“tub, vat”), Ancient Greek κύπη (kúpē, “gap, hole”), κύπελλον (kúpellon, “beaker”), Sanskrit कूप (kū́pa, “cave”). Doublet of coupe, cup, and keeve. The computing term was chosen as an in-joke relating to bees; see this for more.

Phrases

  • hive bee
  • hive five
  • hive mind
  • hive nest
  • hive of activity
  • hive of industry
  • hive off
  • hive tool
  • hive up

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