hived

verb

past tense of hive
as in swarmed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hived
  1. swarmed
  2. herded
  3. merged
  4. packed
  5. flocked
  6. banded
  7. thronged
  8. combined
Verb
  • According to his account, one exit was blocked by security personnel while attackers swarmed the other side of the backstage area.
    — Dave Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
  • Instructions for pickup are discreetly communicated to health-care workers, soldiers, politicians, and cops, but word quickly gets out and the medical depots are swarmed by armed citizens desperate to save themselves.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Definition of swarmed
Verb
  • Irish and Scottish laborers moved to the West to work on railroads, while Mexican vaqueros herded cattle on the open range.
    — Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Cattle are herded in a stable on June 05, 2026 in Hamilton, Texas.
    — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Definition of herded
Verb
  • Performance, fashion, choreography, and storytelling merged into a single visual package that could be broadcast repeatedly into millions of homes.
    — Kara Rogers Britannica Editors July 21, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
  • The company had an enterprise value of nearly $6 billion after Saudi telco stc merged its own tower portfolio with TAWAL in 2024.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of merged
Verb
  • The grandstands were packed with over 300,000 fans who would brave the very hot and humid Indiana weather in August.
    — Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
  • Universally beloved, eggs are packed with nutrients such as protein, minerals, and choline, which are good for the brain, as well as antioxidants like lutein and zeaxanthin, which are beneficial for eye health.
    — Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 23 July 2026
Definition of packed
Verb
  • Supporters flocked there, the club went on to sign Shearer for a world-record fee and, suddenly, potential was irrelevant.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Team Coco followers flocked to the comments section on YouTube to commiserate over O’Brien’s, err, wet look.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026
Definition of flocked
Verb
  • Some birds, such as Dark Green 06 and Yellow 25, were banded as far back as 2004 and have become minor celebrities.
    — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • However, they are not banded, so their activity will not be fully tracked.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Definition of banded
Verb
  • Over the past two days crowds have thronged the central mosque where coffins containing the bodies of Khamenei and several of his family members were placed on display.
    — Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Khomeini's funeral saw chaotic scenes as millions thronged his mourning ceremony and trip to the cemetery.
    — NASSER KARIMI, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026
Definition of thronged
Verb
  • It was ruled as a spontaneous combustion, apparently because of the summer heat combined with gases escaping from decomposing film, sending flames some 100 feet into the air and killing a 13-year-old boy.
    — Tim Page, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
  • To understand exactly why the separation worked, the researchers combined experiments with advanced computer modeling.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
Definition of combined
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