hive off

verb

hived off; hiving off; hives off

intransitive verb

chiefly British : to break away from or as if from a group : become separate

transitive verb

chiefly British : to make separate: such as

a

: to remove from a group

hive off the rookies for special training

b

: to assign (assets, responsibilities, etc.) to another

c

: spin off

Examples of hive off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Buck comes up with a plan to get the hive off the car, while resourceful 911 dispatcher Maddie tells the little girl how to get an extra dose out of the pen to save her mom. —Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024

For Seven & i Holdings Seven & i Holdings is hoping that these initiatives can boost its stock value by hiving off under-performing businesses and focusing on its mainstay 7-Eleven stores. —Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024

Zhang’s current status emerged after TikTok filed a lawsuit against legislation requiring ByteDance to hive off its most successful global invention. —Zheping Huang, Fortune Asia, 8 May 2024

Chinese attempts to hive off Asia, the world’s largest, most dynamic economic region, would deal a devastating blow to U.S. economic interests. —Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1856, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense