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.