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behave::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | comport |
| Type of | move, act |
| Has types | assert oneself, remember oneself, walk |
The children must learn to behave.
behave::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | act, do |
| Has types | fall over backwards, follow, footle, freeze, frivol, hugger mugger, jest, joke, loosen up, lose it, make, make as if, menace, wanton, act, act as, act involuntarily, act reflexively, backslap, bend over backwards, bluster, break down, bungle, dally, dawdle, sentimentize, snap, stooge, storm, swagger, swash, swell, toy, trifle, vulgarise, vulgarize, optimise, optimize, piffle, play, presume, puff up, quack, rage, ramp, relax, romanticize, sauce, sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentise |
| Verb group | act as, dissemble, pretend, act, play |
Don't behave like a fool.
Examples of behave
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In my cartoons, I try to expose the silly and absurd ways that Americans behave.
From the cnn.com
Suddenly those specific universities can behave a bit like a baseball farm team.
From the forbes.com
Poland might well behave like China if the international politics allowed it to.
From the economist.com
It is trying to behave like a designer brand, but that is not its customer base.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The majority of them are trained to be fair, accurate and behave within the law.
From the news.uk.msn.com
Clearly there are big incentives to behave well and use the time constructively.
From the guardian.co.uk
In flight, passengers behave differently on board a jumbo than on a smaller jet.
From the time.com
Now we must behave like responsible adults and guide the system toward maturity.
From the theatlantic.com
Ras is part of a family that transmits signals controlling the way cells behave.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Act: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
- Behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
- Behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave"
- "(Someone's Always Telling You How To) Behave" is a single from Chumbawamba, different version than the song "Behave" off of their album Shhh, with full lyrics, a faster tempo and no trumpet or samples.
- To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner; To conduct, manage, regulate (something); To act in a polite or proper way
- A system of interactive computer programs for modeling fuel and fire behavior that consists of two systems: BURN and FUEL.
- An action which has no direct effect on the world, but which an item may react to and which may be narrated. For instance, if an actor waves, this would most straightforwardly be represented with a behave action.
- To act in a specified way.
