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Definitions for Hives

[1] any of various eruptive conditions of the skin, as the wheals of urticaria.
[2] a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.
[3] the colony of bees inhabiting a hive.
[4] something resembling a beehive in structure or use.
[5] a place swarming with busy occupants: a hive of industry.
[6] a swarming or teeming multitude.
[7] to gather into or cause to enter a hive.
[8] to shelter as in a hive.
[9] to store up in a hive.
[10] to store or lay away for future use or enjoyment.
[11] (of bees) to enter a hive.
[12] to live together in or as in a hive.
[13] hive off , British . to become transferred from the main body of a commercial or industrial enterprise through the agency of new ownership.
[14] (functioning as singular or plural) pathol a nontechnical name for urticaria
[15] a structure in which social bees live and rear their young
[16] a colony of social bees
[17] a place showing signs of great industry (esp in the phrase a hive of activity )
[18] a teeming crowd; multitude
[19] an object in the form of a hive
[20] to cause (bees) to collect or (of bees) to collect inside a hive
[21] to live or cause to live in or as if in a hive
[22] (tr) (of bees) to store (honey, pollen, etc) in the hive
[23] (tr; often foll by up or away) to store, esp for future use he used to hive away a small sum every week

Words related to Hives

colony, swarm, beehive

Words nearby Hives

hive, hive bee, hive dross, hive mind, hive off, hives, hivite, hiwassee, hiya, hizbollah, hj

Origin of Hives

before 900; Middle English; Old English hȳf; akin to Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa vat

Other words from Hives

hive·less , adjective
hive·like , adjective
hiv·er , noun

Word origin for Hives

Old English hӯf; related to Westphalian hüwe, Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa barrel, Greek kupē, Sanskrit kūpa cave

Synonyms for Hives

beehive, colony, swarm