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Noun hive has 3 senses

hive - a teeming multitude
--₁ is a kind of rash, roseola, efflorescence, skin rash; hypersensitivity reaction; multitude, throng, concourse; rash, roseola, efflorescence, skin rash; hypersensitivity reaction; multitude, throng, concourse
beehive, hive - a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
--₂ is a kind of receptacle; receptacle
--₂ is a part of apiary, bee house
--₂ has particulars: skep
Derived form: verb hive₁
beehive, hive - a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
--₃ is a kind of nest; nest

Verb hive has 3 senses

hive - store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"
--₁ is one way to store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away

Derived form: noun hive₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
hive - move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving"
--₂ is one way to meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
hive - gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"
--₃ is one way to gather, garner, collect, pull together
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something