a hive of industry

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• hive — /haɪv / (say huyv) noun 1. a shelter for honey bees; a beehive. 2. the bees inhabiting a hive. 3. something resembling a beehive in structure or use. 4. a place swarming with busy occupants: a hive of industry. 5. a swarming or teeming multitude …  

• hive — hiveless, adj. hivelike, adj. hiver, n. /huyv/, n., v., hived, hiving. n. 1. a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive. 2. the colony of bees inhabiting a hive. 3. something resembling a beehive in structure or use. 4. a… …   Universalium

• hive — [[t]haɪv[/t]] n. v. hived, hiv•ing 1) ent ahb. a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive 2) ahb. the colony of bees inhabiting a hive 3) something resembling a beehive in structure or use 4) a place swarming with busy… …   From formal English to slang

• hive — hive1 [haıv] n [Sense: 1 2; Origin: Old English hyf] [Sense: 3; Origin: Origin unknown] 1.) also beehive a small box where ↑bees are kept, or the bees that live in this box 2.) a hive of industry/activity etc BrE …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hive — 1 noun 1 (C) a) also beehive a small box where bees are kept b) the group of bees who live together in a hive 2 a hive of industry/activity etc BrE a place that is full of people who are very busy 3 hives (U) a skin disease in which a person s… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hive — Synonyms and related words: a mass of, a world of, aerie, amass, anchor, apiary, army, assemble, bee tree, beehive, bevy, billet at, bivouac, bunch, bunch up, burrow, camp, center of manufacture, charm, clot, cloud, cluster, clutter, collect,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• industry — noun 1) Canadian industry Syn: manufacturing, production; construction 2) the publishing industry Syn: business, trade, field, line (of business); informal racket 3) the kitchen was a hive of industry …   Thesaurus of popular words

• industry — noun 1) British industry Syn: manufacturing, production, construction, trade, commerce 2) the publishing industry Syn: business, trade, field, line of business, profession 3) …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• industry — n. (pl. ies) 1 a a branch of trade or manufacture. b trade and manufacture collectively (incentives to industry). 2 concerted or copious activity (the building was a hive of industry). 3 a diligence. b colloq. the diligent study of a particular… …   Useful english dictionary

• industry — noun (plural industries) 1》 economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.     ↘a particular branch of economic or commercial activity: the car industry. 2》 hard work: the kitchen became a… …   English new terms dictionary

• Hive Panipat — (Pānīpat,Индия) Категория отеля: 4 звездочный отель Адрес: Opposite Pillar 41,Near SBI …   Каталог отелей