hive

See also: hivé and híve

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /haɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪv

Etymology 1

From Middle English hyve, from Old English hȳf, from Proto-West Germanic *hūfi, from Proto-Indo-European *kuHp- (“water vessel”), from *kew- (“to bend, curve”).

See also Dutch huif (“beehive”), Danish dialect huv (“ship’s hull”); also Latin cūpa (“tub, vat”), Ancient Greek κύπη (kúpē, “gap, hole”), κύπελλον (kúpellon, “beaker”), Sanskrit कूप (kū́pa, “cave”). Doublet of coupe, cup, and keeve.

The computing term was chosen as an in-joke relating to bees; see this for more.

Noun

hive (plural hives)

2. (collective) A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.

   Synonym: beehive

   Hyponyms: skep, skip

   • 1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, lines 10–13:

     First, for thy Bees a quiet Station find, / And lodge 'em under Covert of the Wind: / For Winds, when homeward they return, will drive / The loaded Carriers from their Ev'ning Hive.

4. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
   • c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

     When that the general is not like the hive, to whom the foragers shall all repair, what honey is expected?

6. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
   • 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “[Experiments.] Boädicea”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, stanza 3, page 170:

     There the horde of Roman robbers mock at a barbarous adversary. / There the hive of Roman liars worship a gluttonous emperor-idiot.

7. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A section of the registry.
   • 2006, Jean Andrews, Fixing Windows XP, page 352:

     Windows builds the registry from the five registry hives […]

   • 2011, Samuel Phung, Professional Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0:

     For devices built with hive-based registry implementation, the registry data are broken into three different hives — the boot hive, system hive, and user hive.

Derived terms

• beehive
• hive bee
• hive five
• hiveful
• hiveless
• hivemate
• hive mind
• hivemind
• hive-minded
• hive nest
• hive of activity
• hive-off
• hive of industry
• hiver
• hive tool
• hive up
• hiveward
• hivewards
• Hivite
• inhive
• Langstroth hive
• mother hive
• superhive
• unhive

Translations

structure for housing a swarm of honeybees — see beehive

bees of one hive

• Bulgarian: рой (bg) m (roj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蜂群 (zh) (fēngqún)

• Czech: roj (cs) m
• Finnish: mehiläisparvi (fi)
• Polish: rój (pl) m
• Russian: рой (ru) m (roj)
• Spanish: enjambre (es) m

place swarming with busy occupants

• Czech: úl (cs) m
• Finnish: muurahaispesä (fi) (anthill)
• Spanish: enjambre (es) m

computing: section of the registry

• Finnish: rakenne (fi), hive (fi) (slang)

See also

• apiary
• hives

Verb

hive (third-person singular simple present hives, present participle hiving, simple past and past participle hived)

1. (transitive) To collect (bees) into a hive.

   to hive a swarm of bees

2. (transitive) To store (something other than bees) in, or as if in, a hive.
   • 1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):

     Hiving wisdom with each studious year.

3. (intransitive) To form a hive-like entity.
4. (intransitive) To take lodging or shelter together; to reside in a collective body.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:

     The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder, / Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day / More than the wild-cat; drones hive not with me; / Therefore I part with him; and part with him / To one what I would have him help to waste / His borrowed purse. […]

   • 1725, Alexander Pope, letter to Martha Blount

     […] to get into warmer houses, and hive together in cities

5. (entomology) Of insects: to enter or possess a hive.

Derived terms

• hive off

Etymology 2

Noun

hive (plural hives)

1. An itchy, red, swollen area of the skin; singular or attributive form of hives.
   • 2003, Christopher H. Fanta, Lynda M. Cristiano, Kenan E. Haver, The Harvard Medical School Guide to Taking Control of Asthma: A Comprehensive Prevention and Treatment Plan for You and Your Family, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 55:

     […] if you are allergic to it, the skin produces a localized red, itchy reaction, a hive. The hive appears within minutes of the allergy skin test and lasts up to approximately 24 hours.

   • 2003, Dennis Krebs, Special Operations Mission Planning Field Guide, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 74:

     Most people will develop a small, itchy hive at the site of the sting that will subside in 30 to 60 minutes (sting may be accompanied by burning pain). Each ant inflicts seven to eight stings. Within 4 hours, a small blister will develop at the site.

   • 2003 January 20, Editors of Parents Magazine, The Parents Answer Book: From Birth Through Age Three, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 567:

     Itchy, hive-like bumps turn into solid knotlike eruptions, which can last from a few days to several months.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Tamie Dearen, Promise of Hope: Christian Christmas Romance, Tamie Dearen:

     [She had an] itchy hive reaction on her chest—it always seemed to happen when she talked to her mother.

   • 2018 January 11, Jo Spain, The Confession: A totally addictive psychological thriller with shocking twists and turns, Quercus, →ISBN:

     [...] a bite or a hive, he wasn't sure which, but it was bloody itchy. It was probably a hive. He was very stressed.

   • 2021, Alexander Lobrano, My Place at the Table: A Recipe for a Delicious Life in Paris, Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 195:

     A hard, burning button erupted on my forehead, an itchy hive. I wanted to scratch it, but refrained. It seemed to be traveling slowly from one side of my face to the other. I was sweating profusely.

Derived terms

• hivey

Danish

Etymology 1

From English heave. Doublet of hæve.

Verb

hive (imperative hiv, infinitive at hive, present tense hiver, past tense hev, perfect tense hevet)

1. (transitive) to pull, heave, tow
2. (transitive) to throw

Conjugation

Conjugation of hive

active passive present hiver hives past hev — infinitive hive hives imperative hiv — participle present hivende past hevet (auxiliary verb have) gerund hiven

Derived terms

• hiv
• hiven

Etymology 2

From older modern Danish 'hibe' meaning 'to strive for'.

Verb

hive (imperative hiv, infinitive at hive, present tense hiver, past tense hev, perfect tense hevet)

1. to gasp (for air)
2. to inhale

Conjugation

Conjugation of hive

active passive present hiver hives past hev hevs infinitive hive hives imperative hiv — participle present hivende past hevet (auxiliary verb have) gerund hiven

Derived terms

• hiv
• hiven

References

• “hive” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “hive” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Finnish

Etymology

hiv- +‎ -e, see hiven, hippu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiʋeˣ/, [ˈhiʋe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -iʋe
• Syllabification^(key): hi‧ve
• Hyphenation^(key): hi‧ve

Noun

hive

1. (dated) synonym of hiven

Declension

Inflection of hive (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p–v gradation)
nominative		hive	hipeet
genitive		hipeen	hipeiden hipeitten
partitive		hivettä	hipeitä
illative		hipeeseen	hipeisiin hipeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hive	hipeet
accusative	nom.	hive	hipeet
	gen.	hipeen
genitive		hipeen	hipeiden hipeitten
partitive		hivettä	hipeitä
inessive		hipeessä	hipeissä
elative		hipeestä	hipeistä
illative		hipeeseen	hipeisiin hipeihin
adessive		hipeellä	hipeillä
ablative		hipeeltä	hipeiltä
allative		hipeelle	hipeille
essive		hipeenä	hipeinä
translative		hipeeksi	hipeiksi
abessive		hipeettä	hipeittä
instructive		—	hipein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of hive (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p–v gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hipeeni hipeeni accusative nom. hipeeni hipeeni gen. hipeeni genitive hipeeni hipeideni hipeitteni partitive hivettäni hipeitäni inessive hipeessäni hipeissäni elative hipeestäni hipeistäni illative hipeeseeni hipeisiini hipeihini adessive hipeelläni hipeilläni ablative hipeeltäni hipeiltäni allative hipeelleni hipeilleni essive hipeenäni hipeinäni translative hipeekseni hipeikseni abessive hipeettäni hipeittäni instructive — — comitative — hipeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hipeesi hipeesi accusative nom. hipeesi hipeesi gen. hipeesi genitive hipeesi hipeidesi hipeittesi partitive hivettäsi hipeitäsi inessive hipeessäsi hipeissäsi elative hipeestäsi hipeistäsi illative hipeeseesi hipeisiisi hipeihisi adessive hipeelläsi hipeilläsi ablative hipeeltäsi hipeiltäsi allative hipeellesi hipeillesi essive hipeenäsi hipeinäsi translative hipeeksesi hipeiksesi abessive hipeettäsi hipeittäsi instructive — — comitative — hipeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hipeemme hipeemme accusative nom. hipeemme hipeemme gen. hipeemme genitive hipeemme hipeidemme hipeittemme partitive hivettämme hipeitämme inessive hipeessämme hipeissämme elative hipeestämme hipeistämme illative hipeeseemme hipeisiimme hipeihimme adessive hipeellämme hipeillämme ablative hipeeltämme hipeiltämme allative hipeellemme hipeillemme essive hipeenämme hipeinämme translative hipeeksemme hipeiksemme abessive hipeettämme hipeittämme instructive — — comitative — hipeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hipeenne hipeenne accusative nom. hipeenne hipeenne gen. hipeenne genitive hipeenne hipeidenne hipeittenne partitive hivettänne hipeitänne inessive hipeessänne hipeissänne elative hipeestänne hipeistänne illative hipeeseenne hipeisiinne hipeihinne adessive hipeellänne hipeillänne ablative hipeeltänne hipeiltänne allative hipeellenne hipeillenne essive hipeenänne hipeinänne translative hipeeksenne hipeiksenne abessive hipeettänne hipeittänne instructive — — comitative — hipeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative hipeensä hipeensä accusative nom. hipeensä hipeensä gen. hipeensä genitive hipeensä hipeidensä hipeittensä partitive hivettään hivettänsä hipeitään hipeitänsä inessive hipeessään hipeessänsä hipeissään hipeissänsä elative hipeestään hipeestänsä hipeistään hipeistänsä illative hipeeseensä hipeisiinsä hipeihinsä adessive hipeellään hipeellänsä hipeillään hipeillänsä ablative hipeeltään hipeeltänsä hipeiltään hipeiltänsä allative hipeelleen hipeellensä hipeilleen hipeillensä essive hipeenään hipeenänsä hipeinään hipeinänsä translative hipeekseen hipeeksensä hipeikseen hipeiksensä abessive hipeettään hipeettänsä hipeittään hipeittänsä instructive — — comitative — hipeineen hipeinensä

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hiva (an infinitive)

Etymology

From English heave, from Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”). Doublet of hevja.

Verb

hive (present tense hiv, past tense heiv, past participle hive, present participle hivande, imperative hiv)

1. (transitive) to lift, heave, tow
2. (transitive) to throw

References

• “hive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.