I. noun
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Brimscombe Port was once a hive of activity but has now largely disappeared.
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I walked over to the hive , which was near the house, at the edge of the woods.
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Is a family like a hive ?
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Life in a hive can become quite gothic.
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When the successful foragers arrived at the hive , many danced to indicate the car park.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If management does decide to hive up Target's trade to Newco, it will have tax implications as follows.
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It is part of a growing trend for television contractors to hive off their advertising sales.
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It was as if one death was not enough for me, but I had to hive a double death.
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Male speaker We're not hiving off our responsibilities.
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Most of the jobs will disappear through hiving off divisions and seeking voluntary redundancies.
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The move to hive off the bulk of the retailing shops has, apparently, saved over £6m.
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The original intention was to hive off assembly operations to sub-contractors.
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This is another result of the Government's policy of hiving off of core services.