Definition of hive

"hive" in the noun sense

1. hive

a teeming multitude

2. beehive, hive

a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

3. beehive, hive

a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees as in a hollow tree

"hive" in the verb sense

1. hive

store, like bees

"bees hive honey and pollen"

"He hived lots of information"

2. hive

move together in a hive or as if in a hive

"The bee swarms are hiving"

3. hive

gather into a hive

"The beekeeper hived the swarm"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.


View WordNet® License

Quotations for hive

Wisdom, though richer than Peruvian mines.
And sweeter than the sweet ambrosial hive.
What is she, but the means of happiness?
That unobtain'd, than folly more a fool. [ Young ]

The little bee returns with evening's gloom,
To join her comrades in the braided hive,
Where, housed beside their mighty honeycomb,
They dream their polity shall long survive. [ Charles (Tennyson) Turner ]

Let us fill urns with rose-leaves in our May,
And hive the thrifty sweetness for December. [ Holland ]

Her words were like a stream of honey fleeting.
That which doth softly trickle from the hive,
Able to melt the hearer's heart unweeting,
And eke to make the dead again alive. [ Spenser ]

Look on the bee upon the wing among flowers;
How brave, how bright his life! then mark him hiv'd,
Cramp'd, cringing in his self-built, social cell,
Thus it is in the world-hive; most where men
Lie deep in cities as in drifts. [ Bailey ]

He is not worthy of the honeycomb That shuns the hive because the bees have stings. [ William Shakespeare ]

Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive. [ Colton ]

hive in Scrabble®

The word hive is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters hive:

HIVE
(42)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word hive

HIVE
(42)
HIVE
(33)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(28)
HIVE
(22)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(18)
HIVE
(18)
HIVE
(18)
HIVE
(14)
HIVE
(14)
HIVE
(12)
HIVE
(12)
HIVE
(12)
HIVE
(11)
HIVE
(11)
HIVE
(10)

The 64 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In hive

HIVE
(42)
HIVE
(33)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(28)
HIVE
(22)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(18)
VIE
(18)
HIVE
(18)
HIVE
(18)
VIE
(18)
VIE
(18)
HI
(15)
HE
(15)
EH
(15)
EH
(15)
HI
(15)
HE
(15)
HIVE
(14)
VIE
(14)
HIVE
(14)
EH
(13)
HI
(13)
HE
(13)
HIVE
(12)
VIE
(12)
VIE
(12)
HIVE
(12)
HIVE
(12)
VIE
(12)
VIE
(11)
HIVE
(11)
HIVE
(11)
HE
(10)
EH
(10)
EH
(10)
VIE
(10)
HIVE
(10)
HE
(10)
HI
(10)
HI
(10)
HE
(9)
HI
(9)
EH
(9)
VIE
(8)
VIE
(8)
VIE
(7)
HE
(7)
VIE
(7)
EH
(7)
HI
(7)
EH
(6)
VIE
(6)
HE
(6)
HI
(6)
HE
(5)
HI
(5)
EH
(5)

hive in Words With Friends™

The word hive is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters hive:

HIVE
(48)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word hive

HIVE
(48)
HIVE
(36)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(26)
HIVE
(26)
HIVE
(22)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(18)
HIVE
(16)
HIVE
(15)
HIVE
(14)
HIVE
(14)
HIVE
(13)
HIVE
(12)
HIVE
(12)
HIVE
(12)
HIVE
(11)
HIVE
(11)
HIVE
(10)

The 68 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In hive

HIVE
(48)
HIVE
(36)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(30)
HIVE
(26)
HIVE
(26)
HIVE
(22)
VIE
(21)
VIE
(21)
VIE
(21)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
HIVE
(20)
VIE
(19)
HIVE
(18)
VIE
(17)
HIVE
(16)
HIVE
(15)
VIE
(14)
VIE
(14)
HIVE
(14)
VIE
(14)
HIVE
(14)
HIVE
(13)
VIE
(13)
EH
(12)
EH
(12)
HIVE
(12)
VIE
(12)
HIVE
(12)
HE
(12)
HIVE
(12)
HE
(12)
HI
(12)
HI
(12)
HIVE
(11)
HIVE
(11)
EH
(10)
HI
(10)
HE
(10)
HIVE
(10)
VIE
(9)
VIE
(9)
VIE
(8)
EH
(8)
HI
(8)
VIE
(8)
EH
(8)
HI
(8)
HE
(8)
HE
(8)
VIE
(7)
HE
(7)
EH
(7)
HI
(7)
EH
(6)
HI
(6)
HE
(6)
HI
(5)
EH
(5)
HE
(5)
HE
(4)
HI
(4)
EH
(4)

Words within the letters of hive

2 letter words in hive (3 words)

3 letter words in hive (1 word)

4 letter words in hive (1 word)

hive + 1 blank (4 words)

hive + 2 blanks (6 words)

Word Growth involving hive

Shorter words in hive

hi

Longer words containing hive

beehive beehives

chive archive archived nonarchived

chive archive archived rearchived

chive archive archived unarchived

chive archive archiver archivers

chive archive archives rearchives

chive archive rearchive rearchived

chive archive rearchive rearchives

chive archive unarchive unarchived

chive chives archives rearchives

hived archived nonarchived

hived archived rearchived

hived archived unarchived

hiver archiver archivers

hiver shiver shivered

hiver shiver shiverer shiverers

hiver shiver shiverier

hiver shiver shiveriest

hiver shiver shivering nonshivering

hiver shiver shivering shiveringly

hiver shiver shivers

hiver shiver shivery

hives beehives

hives chives archives rearchives