Dictionary Entry
behave
behave is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
- 2transitive verb
To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.
- 3intransitive verb
To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.
- 4verb
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"
- 5verb
behave in a certain manner
"She carried herself well"
"he bore himself with dignity"
- 6verb
behave well or properly
"The children must learn to behave"
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