hive

Meanings

Noun

• A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.
• The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
• A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
• A section of the registry.

Verb

• To enter or possess a hive.
• To form a hive-like entity.
• To collect into a hive.
• To store in a hive or similarly.
• To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.

Origin

• From Middle English hyve, from Old English hȳf, from Proto-West Germanic *hūfi (compare Dutch huif ("beehive"), Danish dialect huv), from Proto-Indo-European *kuHp- ("water vessel") (compare Latin cūpa ("tub, vat"), Ancient Greek κύπη ("gap, hole"), κύπελλον, Sanskrit कूप ("cave")), from *kew-. The computing term was chosen as an in-joke relating to bees; see .