Words that rhyme with struve

v 1: give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies" [syn: approve, O.K., okay, sanction] [ant: disapprove, reject] 2: judge to be right or commendable; think well of [ant: disapprove]

n 1: an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. [syn: counterattack, countermove]

v 1: consider bad or wrong [ant: approve] 2: deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" [syn: disapprove, reject] [ant: O.K., approve, okay, sanction]

v 1: prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories" [syn: disprove, confute] [ant: demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show]

n 1: a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) [syn: groove, channel] 2: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: rut, groove] 3: (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part [syn: groove, vallecula] v 1: make a groove in, or provide with a groove; "groove a vinyl record" 2: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" [syn: furrow, rut, groove]

v 1: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen] 2: get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: decline, worsen]

n 1: an art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris [syn: Louvre, Louvre Museum] 2: one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain [syn: louver, louvre, fin]

n 1: the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer" 2: the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire" [syn: move, relocation] 3: a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" [syn: motion, movement, move, motility] 4: the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" [syn: motion, movement, move] 5: (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game v 1: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" [syn: travel, go, move, locomote] [ant: stay in place] 2: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" [syn: move, displace] 3: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" [ant: stand still] 4: change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another" [ant: stay, stay put, stick, stick around] 5: follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" [syn: go, proceed, move] 6: be in a state of action; "she is always moving" [syn: be active, move] [ant: rest] 7: go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" 8: perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" [syn: act, move] [ant: forbear, refrain] 9: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" [syn: affect, impress, move, strike] 10: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" [syn: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite] 11: arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all" 12: dispose of by selling; "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers" 13: progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" [syn: move, go, run] 14: live one's life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only" 15: have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?" [syn: move, go] 16: propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting [syn: move, make a motion]

v 1: be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive" [syn: prove, turn out, turn up] 2: establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove] 3: provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" [syn: testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show] 4: prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof 5: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay] 6: increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room" [syn: rise, prove] 7: cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" [syn: raise, leaven, prove] 8: take a trial impression of 9: obtain probate of; "prove a will"

n 1: degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy"; v 1: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" [syn: remove, take, take away, withdraw] 2: remove from a position or an office 3: dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" [syn: get rid of, remove] 4: cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom" [syn: take out, move out, remove] 5: shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" [syn: remove, transfer] 6: go away or leave; "He absented himself" [syn: absent, remove] 7: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove] 8: get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins" [syn: remove, take away]

v 1: take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior" [syn: admonish, reprove]

v 1: be appropriate or necessary; "It behooves us to reflect on this matter" [syn: behoove, behove]