hive off

verb

hived off; hiving off; hives off

intransitive verb

chiefly British : to break away from or as if from a group : become separate

transitive verb

chiefly British : to make separate: such as
a
: to remove from a group
hive off the rookies for special training
b
: to assign (assets, responsibilities, etc.) to another
c

Examples of hive off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Zhang’s current status emerged after TikTok filed a lawsuit against legislation requiring ByteDance to hive off its most successful global invention. Zheping Huang, Fortune Asia, 8 May 2024 Chinese attempts to hive off Asia, the world’s largest, most dynamic economic region, would deal a devastating blow to U.S. economic interests. Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2024 At the end of that fighting, in 1921, Ireland secured independence, but its northeasternmost provinces were hived off into the separate territory of Northern Ireland, tying the then-majority-Protestant population to London. Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2024 If overthrowing oligarchy required racial equality in the economy, the oligarchs could best maintain their position by hiving off civil rights from economic issues. Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for hive off 

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1856, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of hive off was circa 1856

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“Hive off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hive%20off. Accessed 14 Oct. 2024.

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