Verb
1. get something; come into possession of;
"receive payment""receive a gift""receive letters from the front"2. receive a specified treatment (abstract);
"These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation""His movie received a good review""I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"3. recieve (perceptual input);
"pick up a signal"4. of mental or physical states or experiences;
"get an idea""experience vertigo""get nauseous""undergo a strange sensation""The chemical undergoes a sudden change""The fluid undergoes shear""receive injuries""have a feeling"5. express willingness to have in one's home or environs;
"The community warmly received the refugees"6. accept as true or valid;
"He received Christ"7. bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
8. convert into sounds or pictures;
"receive the incoming radio signals"9. experience as a reaction;
"My proposal met with much opposition"10. have or give a reception;
"The lady is receiving Sunday morning"11. receive as a retribution or punishment;
"He got 5 years in prison"12. partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
13. regard favorably or with disapproval;
"Her new collection of poems was not well received"