Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - hive
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Hive
hive
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hy?f; perhaps akin to Old Norse hufr ship's hull, Latin cupa tub, Sanskrit kupa cave Date: before 12th century 1. a. a container for housing honeybees b. the usually aboveground nest of bees 2. a colony of bees 3. a place swarming with activity • ~less adjective II. verb (~d; hiving) Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. of bees to enter and take possession of a ~ 2. to reside in close association transitive verb 1. to collect into a ~ 2. to store up in or as if in a ~
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a beehive. b the bees in a hive. 2 a busy swarming place. 3 a swarming multitude. 4 a thing shaped like a hive in being domed. --v. 1 tr. a place (bees) in a hive. b house (people etc.) snugly. 2 intr. a enter a hive. b live together like bees. Phrases and idioms hive off 1 separate from a larger group. 2 a form into or assign (work) to a subsidiary department or company. b denationalize or privatize (an industry etc.). hive up hoard. Etymology: OE hyf f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. улей frame hive —- разборный улей hive honey —- сотовый мед, мед в сотах 2. рой пчел (обыкн. из одного улья) 3. сборище; рой this great hive, the city —- этот огромный улей (людской муравейник) - город the hive of liars —- скопище лжецов 4. сажать (пчел) в улей 5. давать приют the rascals that the city hives —- мерзавцы, нашедшие приют в городе 6. роиться 7. запасать (также hive up, hive away) to hive honey —- запасать мед to hive wisdom —- набираться ума to hive away the extra dollars —- откладывать про запас лишние деньги 8. жить в одном улье (о пчелах); вселяться в улей the swarm hived readily —- рой охотно вселился в улей 9. жить вместе, обществом, скопом the multitudes that hive in city apartments —- массы людей, кишащие в городских квартирах ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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off а) исчезать, уходить без предупреждения Wheres Jim? I suppose he has hived off again. б) отделять(ся) The salesman was so successful that in the end he hived off from the firm into his own business. The business was becoming so large that the directors decided to hive off some parts of the work and start new firms. HIVE 1. noun 1) улей 2) рой пчел 3) людской муравейник 2. v. 1) сажать (пчел) в улей; fig. давать приют 2) роиться 3) запасать 4) жить вместе, обществом - hive off ...Англо-русский словарь
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(hives, hiving, hived) 1. A hive is a structure in which bees are kept, which is designed so that the beekeeper can collect the honey that they produce. N-COUNT 2. If you describe a place as a hive of activity, you approve of the fact that there is a lot of activity there or that people are busy working there. In the morning the house was a hive of activity... N-COUNT: N of n c darkgreen]approval 3. Hives is a condition in which patches of your skin become red and very uncomfortable and itchy. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n 1 a) also beehive a small box where bees are kept b) the group of bees who live together in a hive 2 a hive of industry/activity etc BrE a place that is full of people who are very busy 3 hives a skin disease in which a person's skin becomes red and painful ~2 v hive sth off phr v to separate one part of a business from the rest, usually by selling it ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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UN abbr. Hierarchy Of International Vengeance And Extermination UN abbr. Heirarchy Of International Vengence And Extermination mil. abbr. Highly Immersive Visualization Environment funny abbr. Heirarchy Of International Vengence And Extermination softw. abbr. Highly Interactive Visualization Environment gen. comp. abbr. Highly Immersive Visualization Environment media abbr. High Intensity Visual Entertainment ...English abbreviation dictionary
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