hive

About 1.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.
2. noun The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
3. noun A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
4. noun A section of the registry.
5. verb To collect (bees) into a hive.

   to hive a swarm of bees

6. verb To store (something other than bees) in, or as if in, a hive.
7. verb To form a hive-like entity.
8. verb To take lodging or shelter together; to reside in a collective body.

Similar words

beehive apiary swarm beetle daycare ship section cluster single subtree

Often followed by

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Word family

hived hiveless hives hiving