Words that Rhyme with receive
1 Syllable Words
biev, cleave, cleve, eave, eve, gleave, greave, greve, grieve, heave, kleve, leave, leve, meave, naeve, neave, neve, peeve, reave, reeve, scheve, shreeve, shreve, sleeve, steve, stieve, vive, we've, weave, yves
2 Syllable Words
achieve, aggrieve, aleve, aviv, believe, bereave, conceive, deceive, geneve, laneve, mccleave, naive, perceive, rajiv, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, sanjiv, shirtsleeve, vancleve
3 Syllable Words
disbelieve, genevieve, gildersleeve, interleave, interweave, maharive, misconceive, misperceive, preconceive, prokofiev, soloviev, tel-aviv
Definitions of receive
v. t. To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.
v. t. Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.
v. t. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.
v. t. To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
v. t. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.
v. t. To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.
v. t. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.
v. t. To bat back (the ball) when served.
v. i. To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.
v. i. To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.