Definitions of hive:

  • noun:   a teeming multitude
  • noun:   a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
  • noun:   a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
  • verb:   store, like bees
    Example: "Bees hive honey and pollen"
  • verb:   gather into a hive
    Example: "The beekeeper hived the swarm"
  • verb:   move together in a hive or as if in a hive