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  • plural of hive.
  • present tense form of hive (3rd person singular).
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hives

[hahyvz] / haɪvz /


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She broke out in hives, and “since then I’ve had really bad alpha-gal, much worse than before the operation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The hives are positioned on the roof of the shopping centre, in the shadow of the famous St Johns Beacon.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Al-Dabba himself lost some 400 hives, which he had kept in agricultural lands east of Gaza City.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Honeybees typically nest above ground in hollow trees or managed hives, and their colonies usually contain between 30,000 and 60,000 bees.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

“I got him as he went by and he didn’t look so pretty with hives all over him, did he, Merope?”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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