<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.</li><li>the colony of bees inhabiting a hive.</li><li>something resembling a beehive in structure or use.</li><li>a place swarming with busy occupants: a hive of industry.</li><li>a swarming or teeming multitude.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to gather into or cause to enter a hive.</li><li>to shelter as in a hive.</li><li>to store up in a hive.</li><li>to store or lay away for future use or enjoyment.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>(of bees) to enter a hive.</li><li>to live together in or as in a hive.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase (British)</strong></p><ul><li>to become transferred from the main body of a commercial or industrial enterprise through the agency of new ownership.</li></ul>