hive

hive is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
2. noun. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
3. noun. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
4. transitive verb. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
5. transitive verb. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
6. intransitive verb. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
7. noun. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

   Synonyms: beehive

8. noun. a teeming multitude
9. noun. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

   Synonyms: beehive

10. verb. gather into a hive

    "The beekeeper hived the swarm"

11. verb. move together in a hive or as if in a hive

    "The bee swarms are hiving"

12. verb. store, like bees

    "bees hive honey and pollen"

    "He hived lots of information"

Synonyms

beehive

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hive:

hevi

Common word forms

hived, hiver, hives, hiving, hiveless

Words from these letters

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