DEFINITION
HIVE:
• (n.) A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and
habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
• (n.) The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
• (n.) A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
• (v. t.) To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a
hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
• (v. t.) To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and
accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
• (v. i.) To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a
collective body.