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Webster 1913 Edition


Hive

Hive

,
Noun.
[OE.
hive
,
huve
, AS.
h[GREEK]fe
.]
1.
A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
Dryden.
2.
The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
Shak.
3.
A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
The
hive
of Roman liars.
Tennyson.
Hive bee
(Zool.)
,
the honeybee.

Hive

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hived
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hiving
.]
1.
To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive;
as, to
hive
a swarm of bees
.
2.
To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
Hiving
wisdom with each studious year.
Byron.

Hive

,
Verb.
I.
To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hive

HIVE

, n.
1.
A box, chest or kind of basket for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honey-bees. It is made of boards, straw or other materials.
2.
A swarm of bees; or the bees inhabiting a hive.
3.
A company or society together, or closely connected. [Unusual.]

HIVE

,
Verb.
T.
To collect into a hive; to cause, to enter a hive; as, to hive bees.
1.
To contain; to receive, as a habitation, or place of deposit.
Where all delicious sweets are hived.

HIVE

,
Verb.
I.
To take shelter or lodging together; to reside in a collective body.

Definition 2024


híve

híve

See also: hive and hivé

Hungarian

Noun

híve

  1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of hív

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative híve
accusative hívét
dative hívének
instrumental hívével
causal-final hívéért
translative hívévé
terminative hívéig
essive-formal híveként
essive-modal hívéül
inessive hívében
superessive hívén
adessive hívénél
illative hívébe
sublative hívére
allative hívéhez
elative hívéből
delative hívéről
ablative hívétől