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beehive

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Noun

  1. A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live: Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.
  2. A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live: A man-made structure in which honey bees are kept so that humans can harvest their honey.
  3. Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
  4. A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.
  5. A particular style of hat.
  6. A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
  7. Alternative form of Beehive.
  8. In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.
  9. A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.
  10. A 12- to 13-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.

Verb

  1. To fill (a place) with busy activity.
  2. To style the hair in a hive-shaped or bouffant form.

Proper noun

  1. The executive wing of the New Zealand parliament buildings.
  2. New Zealand government.

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