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hiving off

hiving off is the present participle and gerund of hive off.

Meaning of hive off

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.
  2. (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, [...].1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291

Questions about hiving off

What is hiving off the present participle and gerund of?
Hiving off is the present participle and gerund of hive off.

Words near hiving off in the dictionary

  1. hives up
  2. hiveward
  3. hivewards
  4. hivey
  5. hiving
  6. hiving off
  7. hiving up
  8. hivings
  9. Hivite
  10. Hivites
  11. hivy

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