Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - hive
Hive
hive
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
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hȳf; perhaps akin to Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa tub, Sanskrit kūpa cave Date: before 12th century 1. a container for housing honeybees, the usually aboveground nest of bees, a colony of bees, a place swarming with activity, ~less adjective II. verb (~d; hiving) Date: 14th century intransitive verb to enter and take possession of a ~, to reside in close association, transitive verb to collect into a ~, to store up in or as if in a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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