HIVE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hȳf; perhaps akin to Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa tub, Sanskrit kūpa cave Date: before 12th century 1. a container for housing honeybees, the usually aboveground nest of bees, a colony of bees, a place swarming with activity, ~less adjective II. verb (~d; hiving) Date: 14th century intransitive verb to enter and take possession of a ~, to reside in close association, transitive verb to collect into a ~, to store up in or as if in a ~