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hive up

C1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words

To collect and store things together, like bees storing honey in a hive.

Literal meaning: To put (bees) up into a hive — the storage meaning is a direct extension.

Meanings

1 C1 neutral

In beekeeping, to introduce a swarm of bees into a hive.

"The beekeeper hived up the new swarm before sundown."

Grammar: separable
2 C1 idiomatic neutral

To accumulate or store things up, often industriously.

"Over the decades, the collector had hived up thousands of rare stamps."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

This phrasal verb is quite rare outside of beekeeping contexts. The figurative sense of accumulating is mostly archaic or dialectal. Learners are unlikely to encounter it except in literary or specialized texts.

Commonly used with

bees honey swarm supplies resources

Forms

Base
hive up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
hives up
he/she/it
Past simple
hived up
yesterday
Past participle
hived up
have + pp
-ing form
hiving up
continuous

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