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Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahyv
Phonetic Transcription : haɪv

Définition of hive

Origin :
  • Old English hyf "beehive," from Proto-Germanic *hufiz (cf. Old Norse hufr "hull of a ship"), from PIE *keup- "round container, bowl" (cf. Sanskrit kupah "hollow, pit, cave," Greek kypellon "cup," Latin cupa "tub, cask, vat"). Figurative sense of "swarming, busy place" is from 1630s. As a verb, of bees, etc., "to form themselves into a hive," c.1400; "to put bees in a hive," mid-15c.
  • noun apiary
Example sentences :
  • The operating-room was a hive of industry, and tongues kept pace with fingers.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • And Damascus is the very 309 hive of turbans, green and otherwise.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Another way is to invert the hive in which the united swarms are to live, and strike the bees of the other hive into it as before.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • If any bees remain in the box when taken away, a little smoke will drive them out, and they will quickly return to their own hive.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • But, as there is no natural ruler of the hive, they meet together and make laws.
  • Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato
  • The chamber was already thronged, and as full of movement as a hive of bees.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • He turned to issue orders, and the fort became lively as a hive.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Then he untied his hive and stretched himself out on the grass to rest.
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
  • You see that Bee-man has put down his hive and his coat with the bees in it.
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
  • Then their buzzing sounded like a hive of bees getting all stirred up.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various

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