hiving

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪvɪŋ/

Verb

hiving

  1. present participle and gerund of hive

Noun

hiving (countable and uncountable, plural hivings)

  1. The process by which something is hived; separation and storage.
    • 1872, Robert Ferrier Burns, The Life and Times of the Rev. Robert Burns, page 95:
      There are districts of Canada mainly settled from Paisley and neighbourhood, the hivings off at such seasons as we have referred to, with whose settlement he had not a little to do, and where his memory is embalmed.
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