Thesaurus: hive

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1. n. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
2. n. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
3. n. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
4. v. t. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
5. v. t. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
6. v. i. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
7. n. a teeming multitude
8. n. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
9. n. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
10. v. store, like bees
11. v. move together in a hive or as if in a hive
12. v. gather into a hive