beehive
noun
- hairstyle
- enclosed structure in which honey bees live and raise their young
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbiːhaɪv/
name
Etymology: From beehive.
- The executive wing of the New Zealand parliament buildings.
- New Zealand government.
noun
Etymology: From beehive.
- A participant aged either twelve or thirteen years old in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English beehyve, equivalent to bee + hive.
- To fill (a place) with busy activity.
“Quite naturally, if there are more ministers swarming the cabinet rooms and conference halls, then there will be a spate of civil servants beehiving the secretariat.”
“The patrons beehiving the place whooped and shouted.”
- To style the hair in a hive-shaped or bouffant form.