English noun: hive | |||
1. | hive (group) a teeming multitude | ||
Broader (hypernym) | concourse, multitude, throng | ||
2. | hive (artifact) a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees | ||
Synonyms | beehive | ||
Broader (hypernym) | receptacle | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | skep | ||
Part meronym | apiary, bee house | ||
3. | hive (object) a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree | ||
Synonyms | beehive | ||
Broader (hypernym) | nest | ||
Part holonym | honeycomb | ||
English verb: hive | |||
1. | hive (possession) store, like bees | ||
Samples | Bees hive honey and pollen. He hived lots of information. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store | ||
2. | hive (motion) move together in a hive or as if in a hive | ||
Samples | The bee swarms are hiving. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet | ||
3. | hive (contact) gather into a hive | ||
Samples | The beekeeper hived the swarm. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | collect, garner, gather, pull together | ||