hives

• IPA^(key): /haɪvz/

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• Rhymes: -aɪvz

Uncertain, but frequently connected with heave, even if such a derivation is phonologically difficult.

hives pl (plural only)

1. Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
   • 2014 January 20, Simona Supekar, “How the Internet Helped Me Cope With My Rare Disease”, in The Atlantic‎:

     So when I was diagnosed with a fairly difficult-to-treat disease called idiopathic angioedema and chronic urticaria (a fancy way of saying we don’t know why you swell and hey, enjoy the 24/7 hives) six months ago, I wasn't quite sure how to cope.

   • 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 108:

     When she recovers enough to look down at her arms [...] she blinks to see them covered in faint, but rising, puffy welts. Hives. She's breaking out in hives.

• urticaria
• nettle-rash

See hive

hives

1. plural of hive

hives

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hive

• Shive, shive