hive off

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hive off

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Likely from the way a swarm of bees splits off from one hive to establish a second hive.

verb hives off · hiving off · hived off

intransitive To separate from a larger group.
Similar: branch off, fork off, split off
transitive To segregate; to remove from a parent entity. 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, [...].

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verb separate from a larger group

Português	decepar
Deutsch	ausgründen

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@misc{hive_off_2026,
  title = {hive off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hive%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}