1. An itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites, food or drugs
   "She developed hives after eating shellfish";
   - urtication, urticaria, nettle rash

1. A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
   "The beekeeper checked the hive for honey production";
   - beehive
    
2. A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees
   "The beekeeper carefully inspected each hive in the apiary";
   - beehive
    
3. A place of busy activity
   "The city was a hive of activity during the festival"

1. Gather into a hive
   "The beekeeper hived the swarm"
    
2. Move together in a hive or as if in a hive
   "The bee swarms are hiving"
    
3. Store, like bees
   "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"

See also: stash, store

Type of: assemble, collect, concourse, efflorescence, foregather [formal], forgather, garner, gather, hive away, hypersensitivity reaction, lay in, meet, multitude, nest, pull together, put in, rash, receptacle, roseola, salt away, skin rash, stack away, stash away, store, throng

Part of: apiary, bee house

Encyclopedia: Hives