What does hive off mean?

hive off means "remove from a group and make separate". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for hive off?

Close synonyms include divert. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hive off a common word?

hive off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

hive off — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
remove from a group and make separate
“The unit was hived off from its parent company”
Broaderdiscriminate
2.
withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions
Synonymsdivert
Broaderwithdraw

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What does hive off mean?: hive off means "remove from a group and make separate". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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