hives

Meanings

• noun

  A collection of structures, typically boxes, in which honeybees build their comb and raise their young.

  - "The beekeeper tended to his hives every day."
  - "The hives were filled with honey and pollen."

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Synonyms

nettle-rash , urticaria

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with hives
hives , lives , wives , knives , thrives

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Variants

List of all variants of hives that leads to same result
hives , urticaria , hive , hiveless , hived , hiving , hive off , hived off , hives off , hiving off

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Etymology

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Old English hīf, from hīfian ‘heap up, build, raise’

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Trivia

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1. A single hive can contain up to 60,000 honeybees.

2. The honey produced in hives is used as a natural sweetener and has numerous health benefits.

3. The lifespan of a worker bee is about 6 weeks.

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Related Concepts

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1. beekeeping: The practice of maintaining bee colonies in hives to collect honey and other products.

2. comb: The structured structure built by bees in their hives for housing their young and storing honey and pollen.

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Culture

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In literature and art, hives are often depicted as symbols of industry, productivity, and the natural world. Bees and their hives have been a common motif in various forms of media, including poetry, painting, and music.

How to Memorize "hives"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a beekeeper wearing a veil and carrying a smoker, tending to hives filled with honeycombs.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'hives' with bees, honey, and the natural world.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic like 'Honey Is Vital Everyday' to help remember the meaning of 'hives'.

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