HIVE - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Verb
store, like bees
Example: bees hive honey and pollen; He hived lots of information
Categories: Store, Hive away, Lay in, Put in, Salt away, Stack away, Stash away
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Verb
move together in a hive or as if in a hive
Example: The bee swarms are hiving
Categories: Meet, Gather, Assemble, Forgather, Foregather
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Verb
gather into a hive
Example: The beekeeper hived the swarm
Categories: Gather, Garner, Collect, Pull together
Synonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "hive" comes from Proto-Indo-European *kuHp-. It started in Proto-West Germanic *hūfi. Then it appeared in Old English hȳf. Later, people used it in Middle English hyve. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Dutch: huif
- Latin: cūpa
- Ancient Greek: κύπη
- Sanskrit: कूप
🧩 Fun Fact
A word passing through this many languages survived because it named something universally important.