See Also: hive(medicine)
Hive off(finance)
hive(1)(dictionary)
hive(2)(dictionary)
hive 1, noun(dictionary)
hive 2, verb(dictionary)
Hive Beach, Burton Bradstock Beach(tourism)

hive(2) (iou)



hive verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. House (bees) in a hive; place (a swarm) in a hive. LME.
Beekeeping Smoke is used to subdue,..bees..when taking and hiving a swarm.
b. Give shelter to, house snugly. L16.
C. Brasch I think of you Hived in another cell of this same House of pain and healing.
verb intrans. Enter a hive; live together as bees in a hive. LME.
H. Vaughan Where bees at night get home and hive. Pope We are..forc'd to..get into warmer houses and hive together in cities.
verb trans. Hoard or store up, as honey in a hive. L16.
Byron And hiving wisdom with each studious year.
a. verb intrans. Foll. by off: swarm off like bees; break away or separate from a group. M19.
Nature Experimental psychology..has hived off from physiology.
b. verb trans. Foll. by off: remove from a larger unit or group; form into or assign (work) to a subsidiary department or company; denationalize or privatize (an industry etc.). M20.
Sunday Mail (Brisbane) The ginger beer plant was preserved, and new ones could be hived off at this stage. Fremdsprachen The Arts Council itself cannot be hived off like British Telecommunications.