hive

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I - noun

1. a teeming multitude (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
multitude, throng, concourse
2. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
beehive
• Hypernyms:
receptacle
• Hyponyms:
skep
• Part Holonyms:
apiary, bee house
3. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees;
as in a hollow tree
• Syn:
beehive
• Hypernyms:
nest
• Part Meronyms:
honeycomb

II - verb

1. store, like bees
- bees hive honey and pollen
- He hived lots of information
• See Also:
hive away, hive up
• Hypernyms:
store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away,
stack away, stash away
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. move together in a hive or as if in a hive
- The bee swarms are hiving
• Hypernyms:
meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
3. gather into a hive
- The beekeeper hived the swarm
• Hypernyms:
gather, garner, collect, pull together
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something