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Meaning of hive

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hive
      n 1: a teeming multitude
      2: a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees [syn:
         {beehive}, {hive}]
      3: a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as
         in a hollow tree [syn: {beehive}, {hive}]
      v 1: store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived
           lots of information"
      2: move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms
         are hiving"
      3: gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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