hive

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /haɪv/ Rhymes: -aɪv === Etymology 1 === 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 [1]. ==== Noun ==== hive (plural hives) A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees. Synonym: beehive Hyponyms: skep, skip The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A section of the registry. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== apiary hives ==== Verb ==== hive (third-person singular simple present hives, present participle hiving, simple past and past participle hived) (transitive) To collect (bees) into a hive. (transitive) To store (something other than bees) in, or as if in, a hive. (intransitive) To form a hive-like entity. (intransitive) To take lodging or shelter together; to reside in a collective body. 1725, Alexander Pope, letter to Martha Blount […] to get into warmer houses, and hive together in cities (entomology) Of insects: to enter or possess a hive. ===== Derived terms ===== hive off === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== hive (plural hives) An itchy, red, swollen area of the skin; singular or attributive form of hives. == Danish == === Etymology === From English heave. Doublet of hæve. === Verb === hive (present tense hiver, past tense hev, past participle hevet, present participle hivende, imperative hiv) (transitive) to pull, heave, tow (transitive) to throw == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === hiva (an infinitive) === Etymology === From English heave, from Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”). Doublet of hevja. === Verb === hive (present tense hiv, past tense heiv, past participle hive, present participle hivande, imperative hiv) (transitive) to lift, heave, tow (transitive) to throw === References === “hive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.