"hive off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: hives off [present, singular, third-person], hiving off [participle, present], hived off [participle, past], hived off [past]
Etymology: Likely from the way a swarm of bees splits off from one hive to establish a second hive. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hive off (third-person singular simple present hives off, present participle hiving off, simple past and past participle hived off)
  1. (intransitive) To separate from a larger group. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: branch off, fork off, split off Derived forms: hive-off [noun] Translations (separate from a larger group): ausgründen (German), odłączyć (Polish), decepar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-hive_off-en-verb-Hjpsj3hN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 76 24 Disambiguation of 'separate from a larger group': 88 12
  2. (transitive) To segregate; to remove from a parent entity. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hive_off-en-verb-qCgDQfOv

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291",
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          "ref": "2009 March 25, Felicity Williams, Fleur Leyden, “Commodities rally in big price rout”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 2009-03-27",
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          "ref": "2021 June 16, “Network News: Waterloo & City reopens ahead of schedule”, in RAIL, number 933, page 24",
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        "(transitive) To segregate; to remove from a parent entity."
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      "sense": "separate from a larger group",
      "word": "ausgründen"
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      "sense": "separate from a larger group",
      "word": "odłączyć"
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