receive

1. receive (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To be given, sent, or paid something.

Example: He received many presents for his birthday.

2. receive (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To take, as something that is offered; to accept.

Example: He had the offer of employment, but he would not receive it.

3. receive (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To take goods knowing them to be stolen.

4. receive (noun) — sense 4

Definition: An operation in which data is received.

Example: In the sonification of the PDE code, notes are scattered throughout a wide pitch range, and sends and receives are relatively balanced; although in the beginning of the application there are bursts of sends […]