a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive.

the colony of bees inhabiting a hive.

something resembling a beehive in structure or use.

a place swarming with busy occupants

a hive of industry.

a swarming or teeming multitude.

to gather into or cause to enter a hive.

to shelter as in a hive.

to store up in a hive.

to store or lay away for future use or enjoyment.

(of bees) to enter a hive.

to live together in or as in a hive. ?

hive off, British . to become transferred from the main body of a commercial or industrial enterprise through the agency of new ownership.

noun

swarm , colony , beehive , accumulate , apiary , store

verb

accrue , agglomerate , aggregate , amass , collect , cumulate , garner , gather , pile up , roll up