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# hives

noun (hives — plural; a hive, hives — a beehive)

«hives» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Hives are itchy red or pink bumps or patches on the skin, often caused by an allergy to food, medicine, insect stings or plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hives/#m1)
2. Hives is also the plural of hive, a home for bees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hives/#m2)

### In the lessons

In health and safety lessons, hives can be a sign of an allergic reaction; if they come with swelling of the lips or face, or trouble breathing, it is an emergency and an adult must call for help. In science and farming, beekeepers keep bees in hives to collect honey. Phrases: break out in hives, a rash of hives, bee hives.

### Examples

- After eating peanuts, Sam broke out in hives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hives/#x1)
- Hives are itchy red bumps on the skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hives/#x2)
- The doctor gave her medicine to calm her hives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hives/#x3)
- If hives come with a swollen face, get help straight away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hives/#x4)
- The beekeeper has five hives in his garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hives/#x5)
- Bees fly back to their hives with nectar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hives/#x6)
- When the Keeper returned and found the hives empty, he was very much upset and stood staring at them for some time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hives/#x7)

### Note

As the skin rash, «hives» is plural in form but usually takes a singular or plural verb («hives is» or «hives are»). The medical word is «urticaria». Hives as a rash are not catching; you cannot get them from someone else.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hives» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hives/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hives» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hives.html) on Mova free.