"hive off" meaning in English

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    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "hive-off"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Likely from the way a swarm of bees splits off from one hive to establish a second hive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hives off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiving off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hived off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hived off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "hive off (third-person singular simple present hives off, present participle hiving off, simple past and past participle hived off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To separate from a larger group."
      ],
      "id": "en-hive_off-en-verb-Hjpsj3hN",
      "links": [
        [
          "separate",
          "separate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To separate from a larger group."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "branch off"
        },
        {
          "word": "fork off"
        },
        {
          "word": "split off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "separate from a larger group",
          "word": "ausgründen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "separate from a larger group",
          "word": "odłączyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "separate from a larger group",
          "word": "decepar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
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          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291",
          "text": "If the Government believes that part of the railways' salvation is to be found in ridding them of extraneous concerns, it should have had the courage either to close the railway works down as quickly as possible, or to hive them off as an entirely separate concern, [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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",
          "text": "The plan involves banks hiving off bad assets and investors buying them at a discount on hopes of turning a profit over time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 June 16, “Network News: Waterloo & City reopens ahead of schedule”, in RAIL, number 933, page 24",
          "text": "Completed by the London & Southern [sic: South] Western Railway in 1898, the W&C was part of British Rail until hived off in 1994. It is physically isolated from the rest of the Underground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To segregate; to remove from a parent entity."
      ],
      "id": "en-hive_off-en-verb-qCgDQfOv",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To segregate; to remove from a parent entity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hive off"
}

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    "English lemmas",
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    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
    "English verbs",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "hive-off"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Likely from the way a swarm of bees splits off from one hive to establish a second hive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hives off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiving off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hived off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hived off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "hive off (third-person singular simple present hives off, present participle hiving off, simple past and past participle hived off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To separate from a larger group."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "separate",
          "separate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To separate from a larger group."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "branch off"
        },
        {
          "word": "fork off"
        },
        {
          "word": "split off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291",
          "text": "If the Government believes that part of the railways' salvation is to be found in ridding them of extraneous concerns, it should have had the courage either to close the railway works down as quickly as possible, or to hive them off as an entirely separate concern, [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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",
          "text": "The plan involves banks hiving off bad assets and investors buying them at a discount on hopes of turning a profit over time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 June 16, “Network News: Waterloo & City reopens ahead of schedule”, in RAIL, number 933, page 24",
          "text": "Completed by the London & Southern [sic: South] Western Railway in 1898, the W&C was part of British Rail until hived off in 1994. It is physically isolated from the rest of the Underground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To segregate; to remove from a parent entity."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To segregate; to remove from a parent entity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "separate from a larger group",
      "word": "ausgründen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "separate from a larger group",
      "word": "odłączyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "separate from a larger group",
      "word": "decepar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hive off"
}