1. [noun] A structure for housing 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. [noun] (computing) (Microsoft Windows) A section of the registry.
5. [verb] (intransitive) (entomology) To enter or possess a hive.
6. [verb] (intransitive) To form a hive-like entity.
7. [verb] (transitive) To collect into a hive.
8. [verb] (transitive) To store in a hive or similarly.
9. [verb] (intransitive) To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
10. [noun] A teeming multitude.
11. [noun] A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees.
12. [noun] A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree.
13. [verb] Store, like bees; 'bees hive honey and pollen'; 'He hived lots of information'.
14. [verb] Move together in a hive or as if in a hive; 'The bee swarms are hiving'.
15. [verb] Gather into a hive; 'The beekeeper hived the swarm'.