hive:1
nounbefore 12th century{ds||1|a|}
- a container for housing honeybees
- the usually aboveground nest of bees
- a colony of bees
hive:2
verb
hive
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14th century{ds|i|1||}
- to enter and take possession of a hive
- to reside in close association
- to collect into a hive
hive mind
noun1958{ds||1||}
- the collective mental activity expressed in the complex, coordinated behavior of a colony of social insects (such as bees or ants) regarded as comparable to a single mind controlling the behavior of an individual organism
- the collective thoughts, ideas, and opinions of a group of people (such as Internet users) regarded as functioning together as a single mind
hive off
verb
hive off
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circa 1856{ds|i|||}
- to break away from or as if from a group : become separate
- to make separate: such as
- to remove from a group
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