noun

• (figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
• (nonstandard, New Zealand) Alternative form of Beehive.
  "Brian Small said that the Minister could not 'hide in the beehive any longer'"
• (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.
  "By the way, what happens to a beehive which is under attack by one or two gliders such as pictured:"
• (cricket) A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.

verb

• (rare, transitive) To fill (a place) with busy activity.
  "Quite naturally, if there are more ministers swarming the cabinet rooms and conference halls, then there will be a spate of civil servants beehiving the secretariat."
• (rare, transitive) To style the hair in a hive-shaped or bouffant form.

noun

• (Mormonism) A 12- to 13-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.

name

• (New Zealand, informal) The executive wing of the New Zealand parliament buildings.
• (by extension) New Zealand government.