hives Definition

an allergic disorder marked by raised edematous patches of skin or mucous membrane and usually intense itching and caused by contact with a specific precipitating factor (such as a food, drug, or inhalant) either externally or internally —called also urticaria

a container for housing honeybees

the usually aboveground nest of bees

a colony of bees

to enter and take possession of a hive

to reside in close association

to collect into a hive

to break away from or as if from a group : become separate

to make separate: such as

to remove from a group