eaves — Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
greaves — a piece of plate armor for the leg between the knee and the ankle, usually composed of front and back pieces.
heaves — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
leaves — permission to do something: to beg leave to go elsewhere.
neves — granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
sheaves — a pulley for hoisting or hauling, having a grooved rim for retaining a wire rope.
thieves — a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
Two-syllable rhymes
believes — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
perceives — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
receives — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
