hives

[ hahyvz ]

/ haɪvz /

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noun (used with a singular or plural verb) Pathology.

any of various eruptive conditions of the skin, as the wheals of urticaria.

Origin of hives

1490–1500; orig. Scots; of obscure origin

Words nearby hives

hive, hive bee, hive dross, hive mind, hive off, hives, hivite, hiwassee, hiya, hizbollah, hj

Definition for hives (2 of 2)

hive

[ hahyv ]

/ haɪv /

noun

a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.

the colony of bees inhabiting a hive.

something resembling a beehive in structure or use.

a place swarming with busy occupants: a hive of industry.

a swarming or teeming multitude.

verb (used with object), hived, hiv·ing.

to gather into or cause to enter a hive.

to shelter as in a hive.

to store up in a hive.

to store or lay away for future use or enjoyment.

verb (used without object), hived, hiv·ing.

(of bees) to enter a hive.

to live together in or as in a hive.

Verb Phrases

hive off, British. to become transferred from the main body of a commercial or industrial enterprise through the agency of new ownership.

Origin of hive

before 900; Middle English; Old English hȳf; akin to Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa vat

SYNONYMS FOR hive

4 hub, center.

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OTHER WORDS FROM hive

hive·less, adjective hive·like, adjective hiv·er, noun

Example sentences from the Web for hives

That kind of slightly over-anxious, wrapping up of objects in connoisseurship brings me out in hives.

The Writer and the Potter: Edmund De Waal on his New York Debut |Iain Millar |September 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Despite the problems, the number of hives hasn't fallen since CCD first showed up in 2006.

How Markets Cope With Disappearing Bees |Megan McArdle |April 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Because beekeepers have responded to the loss of hives by creating new ones.

How Markets Cope With Disappearing Bees |Megan McArdle |April 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He is financially successful and his only debt is school loans but the thought of a household budget spreadsheet gives him hives.

Ask the Blogger |Megan McArdle |November 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

I refer here mostly to the debt-ceiling fiasco, the thought of which still gives me hives.

Michael Tomasky on What Sullivan and Frum Get Wrong About Obama |Michael Tomasky |January 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The hives were brought out and paid for and stowed in the back of the car.

The Windy Hill |Cornelia Meigs
A Bear, climbing over the fence into a place where Bees were kept, began to plunder the Hives, and rob them of their honey.

sop's Fables |sop
Honey may be safely removed from the surplus honey boxes of my hives, even by the most timid.

Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee |L. L. Langstroth
After this escape, she became quite a heroine, and would undertake the most hazardous employments about the hives.

An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. II (of 4) |William Kirby
By packing cotton or wool around it, it might be used in most hives, even in the dead of Winter.

Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee |L. L. Langstroth

British Dictionary definitions for hives (1 of 2)

hives

/ (haɪvz) /

noun

(functioning as singular or plural) pathol a nontechnical name for urticaria

Word Origin for hives

C16: of uncertain origin

British Dictionary definitions for hives (2 of 2)

hive

/ (haɪv) /

noun

a structure in which social bees live and rear their young

a colony of social bees

a place showing signs of great industry (esp in the phrase a hive of activity)

a teeming crowd; multitude

an object in the form of a hive

verb

to cause (bees) to collect or (of bees) to collect inside a hive

to live or cause to live in or as if in a hive

(tr) (of bees) to store (honey, pollen, etc) in the hive

(tr; often foll by up or away) to store, esp for future use he used to hive away a small sum every week

Derived forms of hive

hivelike, adjective

Word Origin for hive

Old English hӯf; related to Westphalian hüwe, Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa barrel, Greek kupē, Sanskrit kūpa cave

Medical definitions for hives

hives

[ hīvz ]

pl.n.

urticaria

Scientific definitions for hives

hives

[ hīvz ]

A skin condition characterized by transient, itching welts, usually resulting from an allergic reaction.

Cultural definitions for hives

hives

A condition characterized by the sudden appearance of red, raised areas on the skin that itch severely. Hives may be caused by an allergic reaction (see allergy) to foods or other substances.

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hives

noun (used with a singular or plural verb) Pathology.

Origin of hives

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Definition for hives (2 of 2)