Definition of "beehive" in İngilizce

noun

1. A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live.

2. (figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.

3. A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.

4. A particular style of hat.

5. A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.

6. (nonstandard, New Zealand) Alternative form of Beehive.

7. (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.

8. (cricket) A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.

verb

1. (rare, transitive) To fill (a place) with busy activity.

2. (rare, transitive) To style the hair in a hive-shaped or bouffant form.