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hive

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hive/hʌɪv/

▶noun

1 a beehive.

2 a very busy place: a hive of activity.

▶verb

1 place (bees) in a hive.

2 (hive something off) chiefly Brit. separate something from a larger group or organization.

– origin OE hȳf, of Gmc origin.

'hive' also found in these Oxford entries:

bee - beeline - hive bee - industry - smoke - smoker - swarm

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