Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hive \Hive\, n. [OE. hive, huve, AS. h?fe.]
   1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and
      habitation of a swarm of honeybees. --Dryden.

   2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. --Shak.

   3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.

            The hive of Roman liars.              --Tennyson.

   {Hive bee} (Zo["o]l.), the honeybee.

Hive \Hive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hived}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hiving}.]
   1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a
      hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.

   2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and
      accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.

            Hiving wisdom with each studious year. --Byron.

Hive \Hive\, v. i.
   To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a
   collective body. --Pope.

Source : WordNet®

hive
     n 1: a teeming multitude
     2: a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees [syn: {beehive}]
     3: a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as
        in a hollow tree [syn: {beehive}]

hive
     v 1: store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived
          lots of information"
     2: move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms
        are hiving"
     3: gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"