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hive

1. hive \'hi-v\ \-l*s\ n [ME, fr. OE hy-f; akin to Gk kypellon cup, OE 
   he-ah hig]h - more at HIGH 1: a container for housing honeybees  2: a 
   colony of bees  3: a place swarming with busy occupants  - hiveless aj
2. hive vt 1: to collect into a hive  2: to store up in or as if in a hive  
   of bees  1: to enter and take possession of a hive  2: to reside in close 
   association 
3. hive n [back-formation fr. hives] : an urticarial wheal