hive

n.

1. 1. A structure for housing bees, especially honeybees.
   2. A colony of bees living in such a structure.
2. A place swarming with activity.

v., hived, hiv·ing, hives.

v.tr.

1. To collect into a hive.
2. To store (honey) in a hive.
3. To store up; accumulate.

v.intr.

1. To enter and occupy a beehive.
2. To live with many others in close association.

phrasal verb:

hive off

1. To set apart from a group: hived off the department into another division.

[Middle English, from Old English hȳf.]

verb

To bring together so as to increase in mass or number: accrue, accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, collect¹, cumulate, garner, gather, pile up, roll up. See collect/distribute.

A well-defined, elevated, edematous skin lesion associated with an acute hypersensitivity reaction. Called also wheal. See also urticaria.

IN BRIEF: A shelter for a swarm of bees.

Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee, And live alone in the bee-loud glade. — William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

The hive is a symbol of industriousness and teamwork. If stung by a bee or many bees, one needs to either get to work or slack off from overworking (being "busy a bee").

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bikube, myretue, mylder, sværm
v. tr. - flytte ind i bikube, samle
v. intr. - bo tæt

idioms:

• hive off    sværme, skille ud, skille fra, skille sig ud

Nederlands (Dutch)
bijenkorf, hoed, bijenzwerm, groep bezige mensen, (mv) kroep, (mv) netelroos, de korf zoeken, samenwonen in kleine ruimte

Français (French)
n. - ruche, ruchée, essaims
v. tr. - mettre (qch) dans une ruche
v. intr. - entrer dans la ruche (les abeilles)

idioms:

• hive off    filer, (Comput, Admin) sous-traiter, (Fin) séparer (une partie d'une société), céder

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bienenkorb, Bienenstock, Menschenmenge, Nesselausschlag
v. - in einen Stock bringen

idioms:

• hive off    ausgliedern, übertragen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κυψέλη (κν. κουβέλι), (μτφ.) κυψέλη, τόπος εντατικής εργασίας ή δραστηριότητας
v. - μαζεύω/-ομαι σε κυψέλη

idioms:

• hive off    αποσπώμαι από το μελίσσι, (οικον.) αναθέτω παραγωγή σε θυγατρική εταιρεία

Italiano (Italian)
orticaria, alveare, sciame di api

idioms:

• hive off    separare (gen. un'attività vendendola)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - colméia (f) (Entom.)
v. - colocar abelhas na colméia

idioms:

• hive off    separar-se

Русский (Russian)
улей, рой пчел, давать приют, роиться

idioms:

• hive off    образовывать новый улей, переселяться, разукрупняться, заводить собственное дело

Español (Spanish)
n. - urticaria, colmena, enjambre
v. tr. - proteger, almacenar, ahorrar
v. intr. - entrar a o vivir en una colmena

idioms:

• hive off    escindir, vender, enajenar, separarse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bikupa, svärm (äv. bildl.)
v. - stocka (bin), samla in, härbärgera, gå in i kupan, tränga ihop sig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
蜂房, 蜜蜂群, 闹区, 使进蜂房, 储备, 入蜂房, 群居, 生活在蜂房中, 隐居

idioms:

• hive off    独立出来, 分裂出来, 把...分离出来, 把...划分给..., 不告而别

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 蜂房, 蜜蜂群, 鬧區
v. tr. - 使進蜂房, 儲備
v. intr. - 入蜂房, 群居, 生活在蜂房中, 隱居

idioms:

• hive off    獨立出來, 分裂出來, 把...分離出來, 把...劃分給..., 不告而別

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 벌통, 한 벌통 속에 사는 벌떼, 분주한 장소
v. tr. - (꿀벌을) 통에 몰아 넣다, 벌통에 저장하다, ~을 축적하다
v. intr. - (꿀벌이) 통에 자리잡다, 떼지어 살다

idioms:

• hive off    분봉하다, 분리하다, 하청공장으로 돌리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ミツバチの巣箱
v. - 巣箱に入れる, 巣箱に入る, 巣箱にためる, 群居する, 蓄積する

idioms:

• hive off    分離独立する, 突然いなくなる, 立ち去る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قفير خليه نحل (فعل) يجمع أو يخزن من قفير, يدخر, يحتل النحل قفيرا, يقيمون أو يحتشدون كالنحل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כוורת, מקום הומה, המון‬
v. tr. - ‮הכניס לכוורת, אגר דבש, שיכן אנשים בצפיפות‬
v. intr. - ‮נכנס לכוורת, חי בצוותא‬

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